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).
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.
This is why I always put a reminder in my phone calender… For everything. Always.
Yeah, they’re counting on that for their whole business model. It’s intentionally predatory.
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).