▲ 428 ▼ Visa plugs its payment network into ChatGPT, letting AI agents shop and pay for users (apnews.com) submitted 4 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 125 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 16 points 4 months ago (4 children) Can you not just… cancel the subscription? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] terranoid@lemmy.cafe 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 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). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 4 months ago It is relatively easy for me, but I am with a relatively modern bank in Germany. Am sure it's worse in the States. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] terranoid@lemmy.cafe 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 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). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 4 months ago It is relatively easy for me, but I am with a relatively modern bank in Germany. Am sure it's worse in the States. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 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). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 4 months ago It is relatively easy for me, but I am with a relatively modern bank in Germany. Am sure it's worse in the States. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 4 months ago It is relatively easy for me, but I am with a relatively modern bank in Germany. Am sure it's worse in the States. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 4 months ago It is relatively easy for me, but I am with a relatively modern bank in Germany. Am sure it's worse in the States. permalink fedilink source parent