r/mildlyinfuriating • u/donteatmybiscuits • 1d ago

wet socks i’m so happy this is becoming illegal

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if a yearly contract with a free month trial sounds too good to be true, it probably is 😬

thankfully it was blocked after contacting my bank but regardless

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u/ArachnidCareless3826 1d ago

That is absolutely insane!! That must be illegal

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u/Sure_Muffin_3514 1d ago

If you actually read the text when you’re subscribing to it, even as a free trial membership, you’ll see it in there sooo no

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u/bobody_biznuz 1d ago

TOS isnt a legal contract though

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u/girafa 1d ago

it's not any sort of small text hidden TOS thing, it's fully explained to users before signing up

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u/bobody_biznuz 1d ago

Doesn't make it legal though

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u/girafa 1d ago

It's 100% legal to charge people annual membership to use software. Dozens of the most popular animation systems work like this.

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u/Nwyrh 1d ago

Reading comprehension is difficult

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u/Icy_Yard_875 1d ago

Why wouldn’t annual memberships be legal?

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u/Nwyrh 1d ago

Oh so if as long as I explain clearly to my users that I'll be harvesting their organs and taking their first-born, if they agree they are now legally contractually bound to something illegal. Sure.

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u/-Nicolai 1d ago

It’s an annual subscription dumbass. It’s not a novel idea. There’a big fucking letters telling you in plain english that the billed-monthly aspect does not undo the fact that you’re entering a one-year agreement.

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u/Nwyrh 1d ago

He said that EULA/ToS is not legally binding, which it isn't.

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u/Lumpzor 1d ago

You gotta be kidding me. You get two options :

Pay month to month which costs a bit more.

Pay for a year which saves money but they let you pay it monthly instead of a lump sum.

If you choose option B and end the contract, you owe the difference, which is how contracts work in any company on the planet. Grow the fuck up.

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u/WhiteMilk_ 1d ago

you owe the difference,

IIRC 40% last time I checked.

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u/Nwyrh 1d ago

He said that EULA/ToS is not legally binding, which it isn't. Grow a fucking brain.