Yeah - I totally hear you - revenue is essential (and deserved in your case)! I'm just tired of monthly subscriptions in general. What I think would be neat if there were some way to invest (or "stake" if we're thinking crypto) some money somewhere and then have some or all of the interest from that pool pay for the services that you are using. So instead of getting dinged monthly on your card you've got a cool little fund going on. Anyways, just throwing ideas out there, hopefully I didn't sidetrack your post!
In my case, for services I use, (unless they're essential), I use a virtual card. Limits the spending to what's assigned to the account, and when I forget to top it, usually I get an email and can decide if I want to keep the subscription. IMO, virtual cards are pretty great in general and can be used in a similar way to what you're describing.
I've seen apps that allow you to buy "credits" and use those for payments. It can work for some use cases. That said, when usage-based pricing is involved, I prefer to pay once I know the bill (preferably with an option to set a limit) rather than try and guess it ahead of time, or pay for more than I'll end up using.
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Yeah - I totally hear you - revenue is essential (and deserved in your case)! I'm just tired of monthly subscriptions in general. What I think would be neat if there were some way to invest (or "stake" if we're thinking crypto) some money somewhere and then have some or all of the interest from that pool pay for the services that you are using. So instead of getting dinged monthly on your card you've got a cool little fund going on. Anyways, just throwing ideas out there, hopefully I didn't sidetrack your post!
No problem. I understand the frustration.
In my case, for services I use, (unless they're essential), I use a virtual card. Limits the spending to what's assigned to the account, and when I forget to top it, usually I get an email and can decide if I want to keep the subscription. IMO, virtual cards are pretty great in general and can be used in a similar way to what you're describing.
I've seen apps that allow you to buy "credits" and use those for payments. It can work for some use cases. That said, when usage-based pricing is involved, I prefer to pay once I know the bill (preferably with an option to set a limit) rather than try and guess it ahead of time, or pay for more than I'll end up using.