When I was younger I remember buying credit cards with a set balance on them to pay for subscriptions that seemed shady.

If cancelling was anything except convenient, I'd just use up the balance on my next trip to the grocery store, then shred the fucker and forget about it. Company XYZ could then have fun trying to bleed a rock.

Only downside is that was a pain in the ass too, but at least kept the control in my hands.

Wondering if any banks have a way to set this up as a kind of partition on your account? Never looked into that approach but it seems like such an obvious solution.

Anyone got tips for this kind of thing?