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+1 for privacy.com What you lose in credit card points, you 10X in savings on: 1. Unexpected "recurring" charges and 2. Time spent avoiding unintelligible un

+1 for privacy.com What you lose in credit card points, you 10X in savings on: 1. Unexpected "recurring" charges and 2. Time spent avoiding unintelligible unsubscribe UXs Plus, I feel a lot more comfortable trying services that require a credit card for a free trial which has led me to some extra value that I wouldn't have found otherwise. Just set the budget on the card to $1. Some people might feel bad for all the SaaS companies that are getting failed payment alerts, but I don't. It took a lot of dark patterns and group think to create a market for something like privacy.com. I'm still waiting on my $600 from Dropbox, which they charged over five years for an inactive account without ever sending a receipt. Never again with privacy.com. Edit: format/clarify

tananaev 6y ago
I think you can probably use PayPal Key for for the same purpose and get the best of both worlds (points + virtual card). As an owner of a small SaaS business I can say that our payment processor has fairly strict requirements to allow recurring charges: - Product description has to be very clear that it's a recurring payment - Terms and conditions have to have a section with details on how to cancel the subscription - We have to send email notifications in advance before every recurring charge
mkskm 6y ago
They were rolling out a free cashback program until recently. Now it's oddly locked behind an overpriced monthly plan.