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Re:Dark Patterns are designed to confuse and enroll by mikeash on Thursday July 28, 2016 @12:25PM (#12181241)
I always assume that any "free trial" where they have my payment information is going to automatically roll over into a paid subscription, and avoid the whole thing unless I already want to pay for the service.
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Re:Dark Patterns are designed to confuse and enroll by ipsin on Thursday July 28, 2016 @01:14PM (#12181569)
This is kind of like "overdraft protection" used to be before they cracked down on it (somewhat).

If you're savvy or have had it happen before, you know to avoid it, but otherwise it's a financial landmine ("profit center") waiting to be stepped on.

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