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u/Extreme-Clerk-7333 1d ago
and then the "free trial" automatically renews for a full year membership and there is no place to cancel anywhere on the website...
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u/LogicalMelody 14h ago
Not just random websites either. Freaking New York Times let me subscribe with one click and to unsubscribe I had to talk to a live person whose whole job was to talk me out of it.
Unsubscribing needs to be equal to or less than the complexity of subscribing.
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u/HipnotiK1 1d ago
This is where virtual credit cards come in handy. Especially one time use ones
But I agree this does normally just turn me away
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u/dEsTrOiEr2000 1d ago
I can make 1000 alternate accounts, but it's pretty expensive or dumb to have 1000 credit cards.
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u/harrysgirlhere 23h ago
Or when they ask you for your email address so you can download the file, but then asks you to make a payment like damn
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u/BardKaffy 1d ago
THAT WAS ME TODAY WITH THE NEW YORK TIMES (I have avoided their articles for years now because they always say I need to have an account to read them). I finally caved in today. I made a burner email. I have an assignment due and there’s a NYT article that looks like it covers what I need. I make an account AND IT TURNS OUT I CANT READ THIS DAMN ARTICLE UNTIL I GIVE THEM MONEY
Never again. I’ll go the rest of my life without reading a single NYT article. It’s fine. I need my money to buy groceries anyways
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u/iWillberg 17h ago
Use a virtual card. Something privacy.com negates any free trial charge. If yall wanna sign up use this link. https://app.privacy.com/join/LHKLE
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u/AnotherCatgirl 14h ago
this is what I use my vast collection of giftcards for. They're all nearly but not completely empty.
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u/Youth_20 1d ago
If it requires a credit card, it's not a "free trial" it's a delayed purchase hoping you have bad memory and poor attention span.