Ask HN: What news subscription is worth it?

Re:Ask HN: What news subscription is worth it? by WalterBright on Friday June 17, 2022 @03:28PM (#31783105)

I didn't have any trouble cancelling the NYT. My credit card number changed, and that was that :-)

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Re:Ask HN: What news subscription is worth it? by cgriswald on Friday June 17, 2022 @04:03PM (#31783524)

I had a newspaper send me to collections when I tried that; over a matter of about $18 for newspapers they never delivered because I hadn't paid.

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Re:Ask HN: What news subscription is worth it? by WalterBright on Friday June 17, 2022 @04:13PM (#31783656)

The NYT cut me off when the old card got declined, so if they had sent it to a collection agency, I would have disputed it.

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Re:Ask HN: What news subscription is worth it? by xeromal on Friday June 17, 2022 @04:01PM (#31783500)

That sounds like tremendous trouble if you have your card on any sites like Amazon.

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Re:Ask HN: What news subscription is worth it? by WalterBright on Friday June 17, 2022 @04:06PM (#31783563)

It was indeed a nuisance, but when a fraudulent transaction appeared on my statement, it had to be done. I just found it convenient to not update the card on the NYT.

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Re:Ask HN: What news subscription is worth it? by silisili on Friday June 17, 2022 @06:47PM (#31785439)

Virtual cards are great for this. My brother keeps recommending privacy.com, I need to look into it.

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Re:Ask HN: What news subscription is worth it? by xeromal on Friday June 17, 2022 @06:51PM (#31785484)

I used virtual cards for decades. PayPal had a Firefox extension that did this in the early aughts.

I used getfinal.com for several years too but they went bankrupt. I don't even try anymore

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