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This is why I use privacy.com cards for the majority of my online purchases. You never know when a company will change a policy and charge cards on file.
Revolut also offers a similar service, for the non Americans among us.
I do not know how things works in banking outside EU but here for on-line stuff it's fairly common to pay with virtual bank cards, meaning a one-shot or few shots (at your option) with a maximum amount Visa or Mastercard dummy card. I do normally not use a real card for anything on-line so any eventual auto-renew end up in fail anyway.
> outside EU Way to kick a Brit when they're down! Fortunately, we implemented the EU regulations back in 2013, and haven't yet repealed them so I can chargeback on a normal credit card.
I state that because MANY do not see little expenses or even if they see they decide that digging and acting for little money it's not worth, as a result many parasitic companies still exists "sold in bundle" of something else, where they give some breadcrumbs to the one who sell them together and few money per many customers makes them profitable anyway.
All the EdTech companies (e.g. India's Byju, once valued at $22 billion, bankrupt now, LambdaSchool, AlgoExpert etc.) start with lofty and noble goals, but reduce themselves to profit greedy companies. Don't get me wrong, nothing against profit seeking, but profit greed at any cost makes them indulge in dark patterns and even illegal strategies.
I say this as a 2x Head of Engineering in this industry who would very much like to work in this space again.