Have you ever tried to cancel an online subscription? Digital publications, social media accounts, subscription boxes, dating sites — it’s intentionally really hard to get out, once you are in.

Marketers, reticent to stop charging your credit card every month, have developed all sorts of hoops to jump through on the way to online freedom.

Last week, I had lunch with my niece and her two beautiful sons who are the absolute apple of my eye. I love hanging out with my niece, in no small measure b...