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Isn't that what "free trial" means? If I am buying free trial, I would expect myself needing to manually cancel it if I am not happy
by shultays 2y ago
Isn't that what "free trial" means? If I am buying free trial, I would expect myself needing to manually cancel it if I am not happy
- happymellon 2y agoNo it doesn't. A free trial implies that you can use a service for a limited period without cost. It's only because they have normalised it that you expect to get charged if you forget.
- monooso 2y agoYou _can_ use it for a minimal period without cost. As for the normalisation argument, if there's a common understanding that "free trial" means "X months free followed by being charged", then that's what free trial means.
- happymellon 2y ago> if there's a common understanding Its only a common misunderstanding with these tech companies. If I had a free trial with a sports club, or many other things, they will not charge me at the end of the trial. They will ask me if I want to join. If I take a car for a trial drive, they won't bill me the entire price of a car if I forgot to mention explicitly that I don't want it after I return it.
- Adverblessly 2y agoTo me that sounds like a regular subscription with a "first three months free" discount, not like a free trial.
- orwin 2y agoExactly. My ahme club do a 3 week free trial, nobody new is paying until the 4th week (and even then you have wiggle room), you can just stop showing up, nobody will charge you.