| ▲ | shultays 10 hours ago |
| Isn't that what "free trial" means? If I am buying free trial, I would expect myself needing to manually cancel it if I am not happy |
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| ▲ | happymellon 10 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| No it doesn't. A free trial implies that you can use a service for a limited period without cost. It's only because they have normalised it that you expect to get charged if you forget. |
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| ▲ | monooso 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | You _can_ use it for a minimal period without cost. As for the normalisation argument, if there's a common understanding that "free trial" means "X months free followed by being charged", then that's what free trial means. | | |
| ▲ | happymellon 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | > if there's a common understanding Its only a common misunderstanding with these tech companies. If I had a free trial with a sports club, or many other things, they will not charge me at the end of the trial. They will ask me if I want to join. If I take a car for a trial drive, they won't bill me the entire price of a car if I forgot to mention explicitly that I don't want it after I return it. |
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| ▲ | Adverblessly 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| To me that sounds like a regular subscription with a "first three months free" discount, not like a free trial. |
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| ▲ | orwin 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Exactly. My ahme club do a 3 week free trial, nobody new is paying until the 4th week (and even then you have wiggle room), you can just stop showing up, nobody will charge you. |
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