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We should have labels like this for web hosting service, cable tv providers, cell phone providers, etc... I've been trying to get a web hosting service, but ev
by otterpro 2y ago
We should have labels like this for web hosting service, cable tv providers, cell phone providers, etc... I've been trying to get a web hosting service, but everything has a fine print on price with asterisk. It took me awhile to figure out that dreamhost's rate is $2.59/month, but will renew at $8?/month. On certain vendors, I didn't even know how much I'd end up paying, until nearly at the end of payment step where there's a tiny fine-print somewhere buried with gray font that's barely readable.
- coldpie 2y agoHuh, I've been with a small handful of different webhosts over the decades and never had that experience. They've all just had their prices up front (modulo taxes), no balloon policies or whatever junk. Sounds like Dreamhost is being scummier than average.
- NeoTar 2y agoHow about for subscriptions in general? Both virtual and physical (e.g. a gym membership)? At the very least, a regulation could say that for any promotional rate, the duration of the promotion, and the non-promotional rate must be shown at equal prominence (i.e. the same colour, background, font and size).
- eastbound 2y agoWouldn’t you say that AWS prices are obscure? Or, if AWS prices are clear (but inaccessible for people with no prior knowledge), then an ISP could charge “$.46 by million .css, $.78 per million .js”.