 Aloha. Thanks for your consideration of the views expressed in this ThinkTech commentary, which we are calling Great American Scams, Automatic Software Subscription Renewals. The subject we will cover is how software vendors, after insisting on subscriptions for the licensing of their software, have adopted and abused automatic renewal systems. The problem is people don't read the fine print, which includes provisions that may allow vendors to automatically renew software subscriptions on an annual basis without reasonable notice to us, using the credit information we provided at the outset. And then to refuse to terminate those subscriptions after we find that they have charged us without such notice or permission. If you didn't know it, the business model and install statistics of many software vendors is built all around automatic renewals that people don't need or want. We should all be concerned. The fine print and these automatic renewal practices are getting more sophisticated, more aggressive, and more widespread all the time. There are many reasons to be concerned. It takes money out of the pockets of people who really can't afford to get tricked this way. It wastes the time of customers who attempt to dispute those tricks. It encourages software practices and quality that are below standard. And it puts a black eye on the credibility of the software industry. In a tech world, we all need to keep up with new software. On the other hand, these predatory practices are a risk to everyone. As a result, consumer and business software is increasingly being developed by competent and perhaps more ethical developers outside the US. Yes, there are some things we can do about it. We can read the fine print, of course, we can contest the inappropriate renewals with them and with our credit card companies and banks. We can never ever buy or subscribe to software from any company that engages in these practices. Here's the takeaway. Practices like these automatic subscription renewals should be better regulated by the government, including the Federal Trade Commission at the federal level and consumer protection organizations at the state level. If you see or if you are a victim of practices like this, please go public and report them to all levels of government. Thanks for your consideration of the views expressed in this ThinkTech commentary, which we are calling Great American Scams, Automatic Software Subscription Renewals, Aloha.