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Re:Adobe charges subscription cancellation fee by p49k on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @04:33AM (#26789620)
Also, let's be honest: a lot of replies from people who need to believe this is ethical because they want to reserve the right to use (or already use) this dark pattern in a product as a "growth hack". Or people who work for an employer who already uses dark patterns of this nature. Startups are rife with this kind of abuse.
Re:Adobe charges subscription cancellation fee by Macha on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @06:50AM (#26790513)
Yeah, I've noticed that on HN with some scammy business practices, there is a definite case of "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." People would rather this is allowed and it becomes a game of buyer beware, because in many cases they are the sellers and know the average buyer will not beware.