I'll never remember to cancel before the trial runs out.

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).

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.

This is why I always put a reminder in my phone calender... For everything. Always.

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.

I've used them a bunch of times over the past few years. I prefer using their virtual cards over using my actual CC for websites I feel sketchy giving my payment information to.

If you use them, I would recommend making use of the additional options on their virtual cards like a low transaction limit to increase safety.

A lot of credit card providers do this.

I assure you that it's working exactly as intended.

I’ve never had a scenario where I wasn’t able to cancel before they started charging me. But that’s just me.