Nothing dramatic. Access stops at the end of the period you paid for, then sits idle until you check out again. There is no late fee, no automatic charge trying to run on an old card, and no account you need to cancel first, because nothing was set to auto-renew in the first place. That is different from a cable contract or a streaming bundle, where a missed payment usually triggers a suspension notice or a collections call. Here, the worst case is you lose a few days of access until you pay again. Set a calendar reminder a few days before your period ends if you don't want any gap at all.

Only the billing period. Your login, your connection limit (1 to 5 screens depending on plan), and your device installs carry over untouched, because installs are unlimited to begin with — you can add a new Firestick or Android TV box any time without paying twice. The EPG, the on-screen program guide that shows what's airing now and next, rebuilds itself automatically and needs no manual renewal step. The only thing you're actually doing at renewal is extending the paid window, not rebuilding your setup from scratch. Even your saved favorites and channel group settings inside the player app stay put, since those live in the app itself, not in the subscription's billing record.

Yes, per month. The 12-month plan works out to $10 a month, or $120 total, versus paying month to month at a higher per-month rate. The catch is you're prepaying, so test first: run the $5 24-hour trial, or start on a short plan, before you commit $120 up front. If a longer term turns out wrong for you, the 7-day money-back window on plans (the 24-hour trial itself is excluded) gives you a way out early, which most annual cable or satellite contracts simply don't offer. Compare that $120-a-year total against a typical US cable or satellite bill of $70-130 a month, and the math on prepaying a year here looks very different from prepaying a year on a cable contract with an early-termination fee attached.

Confirm the plan length and price on the checkout page match what you expect — $10 a month on the 12-month plan, or the 24-hour trial at $5 — before you enter payment details. Because no card is stored between periods, you'll re-enter payment info each time, which is a small inconvenience in exchange for never being billed without clicking pay. If you're switching from a shorter plan to the 12-month plan, you're starting a fresh checkout, not upgrading an existing one, so treat it as a new purchase with its own 7-day window.