Now I'm going to rant for a minute.

Last year I must have signed up for the "please renew my .mac account automatically" option. It sounds like something I would have done.

Yesterday, something arrived in my email box. An email from Apple.

You have been renewed for another year of .Mac service

Now, I've been pleased with the service, I like all stuff you get (storing backups on their servers, iSync, email/webmail, the freebies, etc). I'd recommend it if someone came to me looking to solve the problems .Mac solves. I was going to renew my own account, when the subscription lapsed.

But I would have really appreciated an email 2 or 3 (or 4) weeks ago saying Your subscription to .Mac will expire, but we'll renew you automatically in N weeks. Even if I had checked the option for automatic renewal.

I guess I got what I asked for, but I really didn't expect to be paying Apple $100 this week.