No, we need to be able to charge a subscription fee to our data. That’s the fucking answer no one’s brought up.
30 free trial? Oh you want my CC info? Yes, sure. That’ll be $3.99/mo for my CC data, cookies collected for this transaction, PII, etc. I’ll need indisputable proof that you and nobody else are no longer using it in order to stop charging you.
I won’t accept any free trial that needs my card info. Especially as someone who suffers from ADHD; I’ll never remember to cancel before the trial runs out.
Heck, I hate it when the free version of a program forces a trial membership that gives you access to advanced (paid) settings, then guts all your settings when the trial runs out. You’re not gonna trick me into spending money to get the advanced settings back! I downloaded the free version for a reason!
Yeah, this is one of these things that’s simply solved by people not giving their credit card data to random strangers who offer them something “for free” in exchange for it.
I mean, if one has managed to survive one’s childhood without getting into the cars of strangers in exchange for candy, it shouldn’t be that hard to, in one’s supposed adult years, not give access to one’s bank account via a credit card to strangers offering you free shit.
Just because the “stranger” is behind a company mask doesn’t make them any more trustworthy. One could even say it makes them less trustworthy, since the actual people doing the fishy stuff behind a company mask are far less likely to suffer any personal consequences from it than if they did it directly as individuals.
Often you’re able to cancel it right away and still enjoy the entire free trial period. At least that used to be possible on some of those services offering free trials, I haven’t used any for years.
Sometimes, you can cancel it immediately after signing up and still maintain the free trial without being charged. Sometimes.
I still would rather not give them my info. Amazon fucked it up for everyone with how they would continue to try and charge me multiple times after cancelling service (which was already fucking super difficult to do).
What if we lobbied to change this so they legally can only ask for the payment info in the last 1-3 days of the trial? 🤔
No, we need to be able to charge a subscription fee to our data. That’s the fucking answer no one’s brought up.
30 free trial? Oh you want my CC info? Yes, sure. That’ll be $3.99/mo for my CC data, cookies collected for this transaction, PII, etc. I’ll need indisputable proof that you and nobody else are no longer using it in order to stop charging you.
I won’t accept any free trial that needs my card info. Especially as someone who suffers from ADHD; I’ll never remember to cancel before the trial runs out.
Heck, I hate it when the free version of a program forces a trial membership that gives you access to advanced (paid) settings, then guts all your settings when the trial runs out. You’re not gonna trick me into spending money to get the advanced settings back! I downloaded the free version for a reason!
Yeah, this is one of these things that’s simply solved by people not giving their credit card data to random strangers who offer them something “for free” in exchange for it.
I mean, if one has managed to survive one’s childhood without getting into the cars of strangers in exchange for candy, it shouldn’t be that hard to, in one’s supposed adult years, not give access to one’s bank account via a credit card to strangers offering you free shit.
Just because the “stranger” is behind a company mask doesn’t make them any more trustworthy. One could even say it makes them less trustworthy, since the actual people doing the fishy stuff behind a company mask are far less likely to suffer any personal consequences from it than if they did it directly as individuals.
Often you’re able to cancel it right away and still enjoy the entire free trial period. At least that used to be possible on some of those services offering free trials, I haven’t used any for years.
Yeah, they’re counting on that for their whole business model. It’s intentionally predatory.
This is why I always put a reminder in my phone calender… For everything. Always.
Sometimes, you can cancel it immediately after signing up and still maintain the free trial without being charged. Sometimes.
I still would rather not give them my info. Amazon fucked it up for everyone with how they would continue to try and charge me multiple times after cancelling service (which was already fucking super difficult to do).
It’s not a free trial when they ask for cc. It comes with strings attached.