New Feature Prevents Accidental Subscription Purchases


Apple added a new feature that helps prevent users from purchasing accidental subscriptions to apps. Now there is an extra confirmation step.

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Extra Step

The feature was found by David Barnard, who tweeted about his discovery:

After you confirm a subscription with Touch ID/Face ID, a window will popup asking if you really meant to do that. You can either tap Cancel or Ok to continue. This goes a long way to prevent unscrupulous developers trying to trick people into subscriptions.

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