Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take to cancel it

Re:Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take ... by christophilus on Thursday February 18, 2021 @07:26AM (#26179016)

This is what throwaway credit card numbers are for. I'd like to see that concept become more mainstream. If you make it hard for me to cancel a service, fine. It's a single click in a well-designed financial app: delete card.

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Re:Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take ... by jrrrr on Thursday February 18, 2021 @08:34AM (#26179594)

CapitalOne calls these "virtual numbers".

I think the primary feature is limiting the damage of a compromise.

It sounds great to also use this as a way for the customer to cancel service with an unwilling company, but I think in practice they may come after you with a collection agency.

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Re:Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take ... by ceejayoz on Thursday February 18, 2021 @08:33AM (#26179588)

Gyms will send you to collections for this, as not paying isn’t the same as canceling. I’d be afraid of the NYT doing the same.

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Re:Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take ... by hnrodey on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:05AM (#26181505)

SiriusXM did this exact thing to me. Temp credit card declined and they kept my service active and continued to try to collect from me. I wasted hours of my life going through this cluster.

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