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US sues Adobe for ‘deceiving’ subscriptions that are too hard to cancel | The Justice Department alleges that Adobe hid early cancellation fees and trapped consumers in pricey subscriptions (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 51 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I saw this coming, with no easy way to cancel the monthly subscription and decided to pay with a prepaid credit card instead...glad I did, it saved me from getting robbed.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (3 children)

There used to be a "loophole", where if you changed to a different plan, it restarted the 7 day period during which you could cancel with no fee. Not sure if they ever changed that though.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Thats how I got out of it without having to pay the hundreds of dollars in cancelation fees. I was fuming at the time too, and that was maybe close to 5 years ago now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Funnily enough, I just had to sign up for the trial for reasons and made sure to cancel immediately after I was done. I was worried I'd just forget and pay for a month or something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Apparently it still works. Came across a Short talking about it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Yeah, each time I "subscribe" for sth I use a prepaid card. Once the transaction is made, it destroys itself.