Why do they have the “right” to lock people into an ongoing subscription though? Subscriptions should absolutely be easy to cancel, even if there’s a termination penalty, it should not be on the consumer to jump through hoops and waste their time to get out of it.

I wouldn’t hand that right to them on a silver platter. This is what consumer protection law is for.

You can probably also call your credit card provider for a charge back. That also hurts the companies credit.