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[–] 37 points 4 months ago (11 children)

Honestly it's fucking evil. I had cards expire and thought, awesome, finally done with those subscriptions! Then I noticed I was still getting charged for them on my brand new card.

We've let them take our money, manage it for us, and now they're turning around and saying "don't worry, you'll still get everything you need ... Just turn over your finances and decisions to us".

Fuck this

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Can you not just… cancel the subscription?

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Some of them not so easily, no. I had a subscription where I had to call and get forwarded twice over an hour to get someone who kept asking what they had to do to keep my service, dropping fees and halving my monthly rate for 6 months, etc. They make it really hard to cancel.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    But, like, depending on the contract you have, stopping to pay doesn't absolve you from it. They can just send the cost of the remainder of your term to collections if they want to. So figuring out how to cancel that subscription is kinda worth it.

    Also, if you want your card provider to stop a certain merchant from getting payments, you can usually do that relatively easily.

    Also also, I know that's not always an option, but I just have almost no subscription I can't cancel month-to-month (pretty much just phone, Internet, VPS, stuff I need long-term anyway).

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Also, if you want your card provider to stop a certain merchant from getting payments, you can usually do that relatively easily.

    That is becoming less "relatively easy" than it was even a few years ago. The CC companies are adding more steps than there once was.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    And that's part of why I transferred over to privacy.com for all my online stuff. Every online website/service gets a dedicated card, with set limits and are easily deactivated.

    Unfortunately, privacy.com only works in the united states. I'm unaware of any alternatives.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    Revolut can create virtual and single-use cards. Some places don't accept the single ones, but you can just create a new virtual card and deactivate it right away.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    only accessible through a mobile app.

    apparently currently they allow it, but as lots of bank apps deny operation to degoogled phones, phones with a replaced rom, and rooted phones, it has the risk of losing access to your money when they decide to implement those practices. normal banks have a website and offices where you can manage your finances.

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