• Plap plap 𓁑𓂸 @lemmyf.uk
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    1 year ago

    This is designed to be predatory. They want you to forget to cancel in time, because once they charge you, you will never be able to get a refund. And that’s if they don’t “forget” to not charge you in the first place.

    That a lot of these that I see only have, or at least default to, expensive yearly subscriptions, make these even worse.

    • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      “we know no one wants our service, so we’ll pretend to give it away and then charge for an entire year up front”

    • dansity@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Reality is it is very easy to create a new email every 30 days and use a service for free. It is just a bit harder to create a card every 30 days and apparently most people are not going that length. If you were a business owner you would do the same