As another person said, this has become standard practice for me. It's less about doing business with shady companies and more about insulating myself from shady practices. I've had a few cases where I've been on a plan that suddenly changes with only a few day's notice, or I get "graduated" to another tier because the previous one is going away. In all cases, I was charged more money than I initially agreed, and the virtual credit cards saved me.

Not the person you're replying to, but when you get in this mindset the workarounds are pretty easy.

I don't trust any business to act responsibly with any information I give them, so I also use a lot of virtual cards and spoofed email addresses (actually I just use a catchall on my domain most of the time which is less secure I guess, but does most of what I need).

It's because generally I do like their product at a $6/mo price point. It's leagues better than FM radio. I just don't like their billing/promo practices and so these are the tricks to protect yourself as a consumer.

I see. Might you or others recommend some virtual credit card products?

Privacy.com is what I've used the past half decade

Capital one credit cards kn website, or with google chrome auto generated cards if you add C1 card to it.

Thanks. What's the kn website?

Sorry, typo, i mean on the website, capitalone.com