{
  "slug": "agent-subscriptions-consent",
  "title": "My agent signed me up for forty things",
  "summary": "An agent that can buy can also commit you to paying forever. Recurring obligations are the worst fit for delegated autonomy, and the consent log is agent generated.",
  "lede": "A single agent action can create an obligation that repeats every month until somebody cancels it. Every merchant will have a valid consent record, and every one of those records was generated by the agent. This is the worst possible fit between delegated autonomy and the way subscriptions work.",
  "date": "2026-09-21",
  "reading_time": "15 min read",
  "category": "Consumer",
  "tags": [
    "agent subscriptions",
    "recurring consent",
    "negative option",
    "ROSCA",
    "chargeback",
    "agent commerce",
    "click to cancel"
  ],
  "image": "https://cdn.twc.sh/images/igcache/Agent%20Subscriptions%20Consent/1200_630/blog.jpg",
  "url": "/blog/agent-subscriptions-consent.html",
  "wordcount": 3293,
  "related": [
    "agent-negotiated-contracts",
    "friendly-fraud-receipts",
    "authority-graph"
  ],
  "schema": "Article"
}