The results from our “Do You Use It? Audit Your Subscriptions” (22 January 2026) poll are in. They’re fascinating, but as always, remember that they reflect the habits of TidBITS readers, not Apple ...

Every month, the large amounts of money on our credit card bills worried me. At the beginning of the year, I looked more closely at one particular statement than I had before. I was shocked by the ...

Would you pay to use social media? If you use any of parent-company Meta's ubiquitous social media platforms — Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — you may soon have to pay for the privilege.

Meta will test subscription models for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Premium features may include unlimited audience lists and private Story viewing. Core versions of all apps will remain free to ...

According to a report from TechCrunch that was independently verified by CNBC, subscriptions for premium features on Meta apps are expected to roll out in the coming months. The subscriptions will ...

Although you could quickly guess at the answers, part of the impetus for this poll is to help you audit your subscriptions to see how many you have, how much you’re spending on what, and if they’re ...

The WooCommerce Square plugin enables WordPress sites to accept payments through the Square POS, as well as synchronize product inventory data between Square and WooCommerce. Square plugin enables a ...

You’re hemorrhaging money right now, and you don’t even know it. Streaming services, apps you downloaded once, that meditation platform you swore you’d use ...

Subscriptions for media are now as part-and-parcel for many people's lives as the grocery shop, but the prices have risen substantially in the past decade. In 2015, monster streaming services like ...

WooCommerce announced that it will roll out integration with Stripe’s Agentic Commerce Suite, which will enable AI shopping assistants to conduct transactions. Agentic AI seems a long way off but ...

The program, as constructed, is essentially a subscription service that requires you to self-report your usage. Californians will have to report their mileage and be billed per mile every month. KMPH ...

Microsoft says Windows PowerShell now warns when running scripts that use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet to download web content, aiming to prevent potentially risky code from executing. As Microsoft ...