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Re:Yes, people often forget to cancel monthly subscriptions ... by ed_mercer on Thursday August 31, 2023 @01:17AM (#37332749)
How is not offering a free trial a “dark pattern”? Companies are free to offer to customers what they see fit. If you don’t like it, you can simply go somewhere else. Also, asking for a credit card up front when doing free trials is a great way to weed out all the fraudsters out there.
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Re:Yes, people often forget to cancel monthly subscriptions ... by NoZebra120vClip on Thursday August 31, 2023 @02:19AM (#37333161)
Well it was, until people started promoting privacy.com
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Re:Yes, people often forget to cancel monthly subscriptions ... by cooperaustinj on Thursday August 31, 2023 @11:08AM (#37338368)
A free trial with automatic billing at the end is a dark pattern. The non dark pattern would be to get approval from the customer before billing after the free trial ends.
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