Why you should know: the price hike of Xbox GamePass caused their unsubscribe page to crash. This could lead to someone putting it off and immediately forgetting, then getting charged for the next pass against their wishes. Cutting payment at the source will piss off Xbox and they’ll auto kick you off anyway

  • bob_lemon@feddit.org
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    4 hours ago

    No they won’t. They have no reason to kick you off for not paying. They will simply add late fees to the payments you are still contractually obligated to pay. Those systems work fully automatically, too, so there’s literally no reason for them to do anything else.

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    13 hours ago

    Just a note that doing this may result in actions being taken against your accounts(s) - especially charge-backs or related actions. A charge back will almost always result in your account being permanently banned and they will ban you if you try to make new ones.

    Make sure you research the service you want to cancel and the options you’d like to take to cancel it. If it’s a service you make heavy use of then you need to exercise some caution.

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      10 hours ago

      How would removing a recurring charge on the processor side result in a chargeback? A chargeback is when you call your processor/card company and tell them to reverse a charge, which results in the charging company also having to pay a fee on top of losing that revenue.

      If they can’t charge you in the first place, there is nothing to create a chargeback.

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    12 hours ago

    This is how I have had Adobe creative suite for free ever since they started charging for it.

    I sign up with my PayPal account, and as soon as I’m done registering, I cancel the auto renew in PayPal’s payment management center.

    And, yes, I do have to re-register every two weeks or so when the trial finally expires, but that sure beats having to pay 105+ dollars per month!

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      10 hours ago

      GenP would like a word.

      Anyway, using Adobe products, even for free, is still supporting Adobe’s monopolistic foothold in the creative software space. If you really want to stick it to Adobe, learn and use open source alternatives.

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        8 hours ago

        I’m fine with stealing from them for the last 30 years. Also, I don’t really get the logic of how stealing from them is somehow supporting them.

        Besides, every alternative is absolute garbage compared to Photoshop.

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