AI agent tries to unsubscribe an 82-year-old's apps, ends up recommending canceling the card
dbasch · x · 2026-10-24
dbasch's 82-year-old mother kept getting charged by free-trial apps she'd deleted. His AI agent investigated the publishers — one overseas, no phone number — and concluded the easiest fix was to cancel the credit card. A funny, telling case of app subscription friction beating agentic AI.
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