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by ds_ 13y ago
"Try it free for 30 days" is very different from "Try it free for 30 days but if you don't cancel, we'll charge you from then onwards" - especially when Amazon already have my card on file from previous purchas
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by ds_ 13y ago
There was already a refund request process in place, preempting the inevitable complaints. They knew they were misleading people so they could make money on the back of those that aren't too attentive to their bank statements. I suppos
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by ds_ 13y ago
Perhaps I shouldn't have said 'basically the same thing'. They both deliberately mislead users into subscribing, Amazon is just more subtle.
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by ds_ 13y ago
It was offered with a purchase as a way of getting free shipping. It was not at all clear to me that I would have to opt out rather than my membership just being cancelled unless I paid a fee. It felt deliberately misleading and it seemed m
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by ds_ 13y ago
They were offering it with a purchase (as a way of getting free shipping), if I remember correctly. Alright, I wasn't automatically enrolled, I had to check a box. It was still deliberately misleading.
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by ds_ 13y ago
Amazon do basically the same thing with their prime membership, although they do refund if you notice and complain early enough (offer a free month and then start charging unless you opt out, whilst making it far from obvious that you have
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by ds_ 13y ago
Why not do both?
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by ds_ 13y ago
I'll add that javascript isn't the only choice for full stack development in a single language. Personally, I'm a big fan of clojure/clojurescript. But knowing js definitely helps...
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by ds_ 13y ago
If you're a web developer and can only learn one language, it should definitely be javascript. If I could only learn one frontend framework, it would be angularjs.
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by ds_ 13y ago
Would anyone pay for this as a service? i.e. you enter a bunch of urls and screen sizes, then get sent nice emails with request stats, screenshots and pdiffs with easy integration into your deployment workflow.
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by ds_ 13y ago
http://fogus.github.io/lemonad/lemonad.html#section-21 - nice breaking bad reference http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903747/
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by ds_ 14y ago
I don't think he meant land area.
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by ds_ 14y ago
I'm not sure they're even facts. Was Ceausescu beheaded?