Renata Osei-Bonsu

AI agents spot billing errors humans and apps miss by comparing payment patterns across time.

Subscription trackers find forgotten charges, but services' dark patterns still block the exit.

How adding users drives revenue growth until AI automation starts replacing them.

Banks can block payments, but only subscription services can cancel the underlying agreement.

Providers are adding monthly fees to a free service, banking on users forgetting to cancel.

Most people wildly underestimate their subscription spending until they finally add it up.

The FTC's subscription crackdown faced a legal setback but left consumer protections intact.

The FTC's rewritten COPPA rule is now fully enforceable after a year of compliance deadlines.

Federal subscription cancellation rules collapsed in 2025.

Companies engineer free tiers too small to last, then nudge users toward expensive upgrades.

When vendors strip features or kill discounts, the price stays the same but what you get costs more.

Autopay eliminates the friction that made you notice what you're actually spending every month.