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==How subscriptions can impact consumer rights==

Subscriptions differ from [[Purchase|purchases]] in that when a person purchases a product it is expected that they permanently own the product and have full control over it while a consumer's control over a subscription product/service ends when they stop paying or cancel the subscription; in other words consumer temporarily controls a subscription product only after a subscription has been purchased while a user owns a product if they purchased the product. Subscriptions can be beneficial for consumers in that they act as a sort of "trial period" where a product or service is accessible for cheaper than it would be if they purchased it to own. Some subscription plans even guarantee their customers frequent updates that would otherwise require a secondary purchase. Subscriptions can also be negative for consumers, many companies see subscriptions as a way to extract more revenue out of their customers rather than a trial period, in addition some companies have even [[Retroactively amended purchase|retroactively amended purchases]] such that consumers lose access to a product they previously "owned".

Subscriptions differ from [[Purchase|purchases]] in that when a person purchases a product it is expected that they permanently own the product and have full control over it while a consumer's control over a subscription product/service ends when they stop paying or cancel the subscription; in other words a consumer temporarily controls a subscription product only after a subscription has been purchased while a user owns a product if they purchased the product. Subscriptions can be beneficial for consumers in that they act as a sort of "trial period" where a product or service is accessible for cheaper than it would be if they purchased it to own. Some subscription plans even guarantee their customers frequent updates that would otherwise require a secondary purchase. Subscriptions can also be negative for consumers, many companies see subscriptions as a way to extract more revenue out of their customers rather than a trial period, in addition some companies have even [[Retroactively amended purchase|retroactively amended purchases]] such that consumers lose access to a product they previously "owned".

===Negative trends in the shift towards subscription services===

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 ==How subscriptions can impact consumer rights==
-Subscriptions differ from [[Purchase|purchases]] in that when a person purchases a product it is expected that they permanently own the product and have full control over it while a consumer's control over a subscription product/service ends when they stop paying or cancel the subscription; in other words consumer temporarily controls a subscription product only <u>after a subscription has been purchased</u> while a user owns a product if they <u>purchased the product</u>. Subscriptions can be beneficial for consumers in that they act as a sort of "trial period" where a product or service is accessible for cheaper than it would be if they purchased it to own. Some subscription plans even guarantee their customers frequent updates that would otherwise require a secondary purchase. Subscriptions can also be negative for consumers, many companies see subscriptions as a way to extract more revenue out of their customers rather than a trial period, in addition some companies have even [[Retroactively amended purchase|retroactively amended purchases]] such that consumers lose access to a product they previously "owned".
+Subscriptions differ from [[Purchase|purchases]] in that when a person purchases a product it is expected that they permanently own the product and have full control over it while a consumer's control over a subscription product/service ends when they stop paying or cancel the subscription; in other words a consumer temporarily controls a subscription product only <u>after a subscription has been purchased</u> while a user owns a product if they <u>purchased the product</u>. Subscriptions can be beneficial for consumers in that they act as a sort of "trial period" where a product or service is accessible for cheaper than it would be if they purchased it to own. Some subscription plans even guarantee their customers frequent updates that would otherwise require a secondary purchase. Subscriptions can also be negative for consumers, many companies see subscriptions as a way to extract more revenue out of their customers rather than a trial period, in addition some companies have even [[Retroactively amended purchase|retroactively amended purchases]] such that consumers lose access to a product they previously "owned".
 ===Negative trends in the shift towards subscription services===