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if buying isn't owning then piracy isn't stealing.
That's deep..
Oh wow!!
get this man to the top! 🔥💯
When buying is renting then piracy is borrowing :D
Dude. Couldn't be said better
The best subscription I ever had is piracy.
Real
100% 👍👊
Agreed
Arrgh!
True
I'm cancelling my Amazon Prime membership this year and I refuse to use delivery services and Uber/Lift. These companies can't last forever - they'll push people to the limit and then they will start losing customers.
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Especially as the economy tightens it belt on lower and middle class. Under 40 have it hard enough trying to raise 1 child (let alone more and have a home) compareably to previous and then these corporations further the greed.
That's kind of their goal.. can it be called price discovery? They are pushing to see how people will pay for convenience. Future generations are going to be so broke lol.
Hate to break it to you, but people will simultaneously whine about not having money for the rent or food, and then go pay three-fiddy to pull a ten out of an ATM for lunch. True story, from back in the 90's! People haven't gotten any smarter.
@@nixon2tube yes, there are so many reasons for this kind of behavior - lack of education on how to handle finances, short-term thinking, small rewards to offset a general feeling of despair.
I'm not sure if you haven't seen it, but, the most insidious design I've seen is when you try to cancel, it cancels at that exact moment. This means if you want 1 month only, you have to go in and manually cancel it the last time you want to use the service.
Had that happen to me before. Had 10 days left of that month but cancelled , and the app literally stopped working moments later!!! Dodgy darn companies
yea that should be illegal. you're not getting the money back for those days so they shouldnt be allowed to remove the services you paid for..
@@Rayzsion I forgot to mention they give you a partial refund for however long is left, still feels scummy
Apple does that for Apple Tv at least maybe other stuff.
This happened with me for a security service. But, it got worse... I had this service for years. Thought I could cancel at any point. Called up, said "I'm moving, don't need the service". They not only immediately stopped the service at cancellation, but they charged me for whatever 'remaining months' were on my contract, that I didn't even realize I had! You're not providing a service, why do I have to pay remaining months for a service you're not providing? Why do we need a term contract for this, other than to make the company more money?
"charging for what used to be free" literally sums up every company today
literally every company that exists, exists to make a profit. No company out there provides a service for free. That's basic economics
@@rodrigojds Its true that companies exist to make a profit, but unfortunately its also their job to maintain their trust with customers. Just because your company needs to make profit, doesnt mean they can exploit workers or piss their userbase which makes them lose customers. Its really not an excuse to resort to unethical practices, and not be transparent in communication. Of course no one offers a service for free, but charging more for less perks will definately push away customers. Look at Disneyland and Cable TV. You pay more for the former and you get less benefits than you did. The latter, you initially pay for no commercials at a fair price and now you pay at least 200 dollars with commercials
@@rodrigojdsAnd that's why it's called "business", not "charity"
@@DavidHutchinson0713 exactly. Would you give your phone away for free? No. So why would companies do that?
@@rodrigojds I understand companies need to make money, but its their job to make sure the changes they make do not hurt their customers and tarnish their reputation. Just because companies need to profit doesnt mean they can take away people's games, charge more for less perks, mistreat employees, or go against their company's foundation No company is going to give a free service for obvious reasons, but companies shouldnt be surprise that people are angry at them for valid reasons and turn away from them. Yes, no company gives you a free phone, but at least not all of them make it difficult to repair your phone or overcharge for repairs for the sake of profit Not all companies give you games for free, but not all companies give poor experiences with shady DRM, buggy unfinished graphics and gameplay, barebones plot, and main story content locked behind a paywall, all while being priced at $70. Even worse, these companies are able to revoke access to your games because of a legal loophole. The same can be said for streaming services where you used to be able to watch Cartoon Network shows on HBO, and now most of them are completely wiped I understand businesses need to make money, but there is a fine difference between needing to turn a profit and just being a greedy company. If needing to turn a profit requires screwing with the trust of the community, running scams, losing trust of investors, and introducing unethical practices, despite still being a sucessful company, then thats problematic In most cases, you can find another product or buy a good indie game if you dont like whatever the company sells, hell you can leave a review. But in some cases such as KZhead's treatment towards content creators and Comcast's attitude towards cable television, there is no choice. They are relatively successful companies and financially stable, yet they demand more money. I understand employees need to be paid, maintainence needs money, electricity needs money, etc, but clearly corporate greed runs rampant. Many silicon valley companies layoff hundreds and thousands of employees and some form Unions and protest due to unfair working conditions. So unless if companies are transparent with whats happening, then they shouldnt be surprised people dont like them
The fact that amazon has added a "rent" system (for old movies too) despite of having a prime membership is just outrageous
You have every movie ever made on the internet for free
This is why I just bought a DVD player and started collecting DVDs again
@@nunocarneiro464 yaaaaaar
can probly find that old film in charity for £1-2 and keep it forever.
I eat the cotton candy from my walls
the most annoying is actually the backdoor return of adverts like with Amazon Prime. The other day, when a commercial started with the countdown I was wagering leaving the desk to get a drink or something - to stop and think: this feels just like mid-90s TV all over again.
It's nostalgic, I personally want even more ads! How else will I know to "ask my doctor of Levextra is right for me"??? But I'm old, as in... worked in a privately owned VHS video store when I was 13... old (took home 3 tapes a night for free!). Early childhood, didn't have cable, we got 3 and occasionally 4 channels!
Or the backdoor ads with KZhead premium. Now they're part of the damn videos. And this video contains one for a subscription service!
They forgot we choose them because they were slightly more convenient than piracy
its weird how you guys have worst experience with the service then me on random sites
I called an Uber to go the airport and he arrived, said it wasnt worth it for him and outright refused the trip so i had to call another one. Functional service
Bruh.
i have uber driver installed, It is literally not worth it to drive somebody to any longer trip then 2miles. Trip longer then that is just a loss for the driver.
i once had one get to my pickup location to not even stop, turn around and cancel the job. actually made me late to work that day
@@jayyh_01 use regular taxis, uber is a scam. Drivers are exploited
Happened to me at the airport, so much less stressful and easier to find replacement, but I hate that I had no ability to do anything about it
Bro be exposing everyone💀
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The last two videos have been brutally honest and genuine, I really like this type of content.
Thats because the overall content is shifting to become more authentic and genuine. Most people become famous for being themselves and the oversaturated MrBeast effect is slowly retired. Even MrBeast toned down his smile on the thumbnail
@@bumblebeegamerrealhaha…I actually checked after reading your comment and yea his recent thumbnails do not have the same trend of smile as his older vids…..still averages 150 mil views tho
@@hityouwiththatdduddudu I mean MrBeast religiously studies the algorithm unsurprisingly
me too!
And yet this video was basically a massive plug for SurfShark VPN which is yet another subscription based service 😂🤦🏼♂️
Not sure if you mentioned how Amazon initially included music and Amazon Prime video (ad free) to their yearly subscription, but now they removed most of the music and added a Prime music subscription and show ads on their Amazon Prime video. It's just getting ridiculous.
THIS is the reason why I cancelled ALL my subscriptions. Afterward's I found out that I have been paying a total of $280 a month just on subscriptions alone. I am now saving $280 a month after cancelling all my subscriptions. I no longer have any subscriptions of any kind to anything anymore.
what would say if tell you if paying 35ish dollars on designing softwares for my work and hobby?
just cancelled 3 of my subscriptions that i had forgotten to cancel. and its all thanks to you, keep it up!
Same!!!
How do you guys forget such thing?!?!
@@dicekolev5360 Not bookkeeping + being too rich, I guess. 😁
@@dicekolev5360goes to show that predatory practices those scum companies do actually works
@@dicekolev5360 nowadays people are really busy, you just cant assume everyone lives the same life as you, maybe the person has a job to work and a family to feed and they had just forgotten it, it is only part of human nature. or maybe their family had subscribed and they had just remembered to cancel it now. I had also thought how people could forget such a thing until it happened to me.
The answer is piracy. If you can't afford the subscriptions, just pirate the content. It's morally wrong, but being morally wrong to corporations is a morally right thing to do, since corporations don't even have morals to begin with. The only people who deserve your subscription money are small creators of services or products that you enjoy. If corporations aren't going to make it convenient for you to pay, you shouldn't pay them. If paying is not owning, then pirating is not stealing.
Pirating adobe products is morally right
@@domacihlebac5739and so is pirating nintendo games
Yt revanced for everyone who hates ads, sponsored content etc
The answer is not piracy but doing another thing. Better than wasted time on pirated content. Pirating content is for junkie of content.
If you act immorally towards someone who is immoral. That makes your action moral. It's easy as that. You can hate it, but you can't deny it.
I definitely noticed this and canceled all my subscription services. This was beautifully laid out and a great was of explaining what many of us have a hard time putting into words
I canceled prime for 2 reasons. Ads on prime video and more than half of all orders I placed in the last two years, some were overnight early morning deliveries (often buying more crap to meet the $25 minimum) and other just next day or one day deliveries, took over two days with the “we’re sorry we’re late” BS
“Imagine what happens if companies like this get in charge of your medical services”… sir you just described America
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Exactly !
That's really sad tbh
Honestly might still be better than the NHS at this point.
@@soueucaasi at least the nhs is free, if you want better service, there is still private healthcare
“Now you pay as much you used to before these services, but you don’t own anything either” is exactly the biggest problem.
supply and demand my dude... free market right wing capitalism for the win. 💪
You pay a lot more than when you had to purchase things
If you're not owning it in the first place, piracy is not stealing.
Oh, whine. I pay $0 for youtube's wonderful services, like every time I return to home page it reloads all the links in 5 seconds and all the thumbnails in 10. Yes, in that order. To different links.
@@johnsmith-cw3woWhen most laws are written in favor of corporations due to lobbying, it's called end stage capitalism, aka (corporate+state) fa$ci$m. Unregulated capitalism always ends up in the same manner, some would say that in time, all forms of capitalism do, the only difference is how fast it progresses to that dystopian end stage..
This is such a true video. As consumers we need to be more selective on how we spend our money. Consumers have more power but we need to start shopping around and reading the fine print.
The Surfshark advertise in the end is pure irony…..😅
In the past 2 years I found myself canceling everything... This guy just explained why.
Same. Cancelled everything. Stopped shopping at big corpo stores for my regular needs and I'm unexpectedly saving around 5k a year. I thought I would pay a premium for avoiding it and I am 1 to 1 but I found I don't actually use the services enough to warrant a subscription of any kind, outside of my phone.
And then he does a surfshark commercial, which is really odd to me. Even _he_ still wants the money more than he values his own integrity. Btw: There are creators who publish how much those VPN companies offered them, and state the VPN deals are among the most profitable you can get.
Me too
I never started. Facebook was always suspect to me because they don't give a shit about privacy. Amazon exploits their employees and suppliers, as does Uber. They also destroy local businesses who don't have the ability to abuse tax loopholes as the multinationals do.
The problem is our anger is slightly misdirected. Although some blame needs to be shared by the companies, we need to be mindful of the fact that everyone has commitments and debts to repay including countries, and if there was a productivity decline for 2 years and govts tried to solve it by going further into debt, we should remember that inflation will rise. Sadly, our approach now is: spend the stimulus check today, think about consequences later. We let the govt get away with a lot of things.
Not to mention the fact that every service is asking for a tip nowadays. Like what am I even giving a tip for!?!?
Don't forget to tip your landlord!
That they ask for a tip before the service is even received is my biggest annoyance.
It is to shift costs from the employer to the customer.
yes this is stupid, im in the uk where tipping isnt common because the uk pay the staff an ok wage, but they still want tips, f that ill go out my self to go get the damn thing. aint tipping when the pricing on everything is higher than instore, ontop of that they add a service charge and a delivery fee, why do i need to tip when everything is already higher than it needs to be, its just pure greed.
Heh. That's certainly a very American problem.
I'm not one for subscriptions anyway, so I had little clue how right my brother was when he told me everything is getting shittier. Thank you for this eye-opening video! We all should take a stand against subscription. :) Always look for alternatives instead of going for the big corporations!
This video needs to go viral. Either directly, or as small video shorts in TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. Remember people, VOTE WITH YOUR WALLETS and always THINK TWICE before buying something.
Well it won't be recommended on KZhead and shown easily. All those apps are the exact thing he's talking about haha
I only found this because someone mentioned it on Twitter.
I wonder if things will loop, people start pirating everything again, the companies tries to fight it, they eventually give up and offer a good service to people, people stop pirating, the service becomes shit, people start pirating.
"they eventually give up"....i have news for you they never gave up, in fact "pirating side" has been loosing ground heavily for the last 15 years. Today's much harder to find pirated products than it was 15-20 years ago
@@theghostofbabanovac7069what??? I live in a third world nation where I remember Quake 1 literally meant a month paycheck from my parents... In 2001. Now with the internet, I screw over so many big corps and made a small business from bootleg CDs it's not even funny, God bless the internet. It made me even realise religion is bullshit, can you imagine that???!!!
Let's find out... Time to start the cycle again!
@@lindsaytoles2023 I'm having hope that one of these days, hopefully when I'm gray and decaying so as to witness it, big corporations will make one last slip, and people turn to localised merchant guilds except with internet. We really only need the word of mouth to go around enough, but I bet someone will come and call me a communist. I don't even believe we were made equal in luck and fortune. But some douche having a mega yacht chaffs my ass like old school jeans.
@@theghostofbabanovac7069 Pirating has been losing ground? I mean, it could be but I hiiiiighly doubt it. Have you heard of say, Nordvpn.
Pretty nice to hear a KZheadr of your size talking about Big Tech BS, keep it up!
Arun is so rich that he spends the equivalent of France's minimum wage on subscription every month.
@@manthe3711 Meanwhile I can't see myself signing up for even one subscription service because "am I actually gonna be using it? not likely? then why bother" while he has like a dozen services while having probably far less free time than I do. I see it less as him spending "so much" as him failing to resist the companies selling him crap he probably isn't using all that much anyway. Different people have different priorities, though seeing him spend 1200 pounds on subscriptions makes me go "but why?"
Unfortunately it won't do shit.
@@yashrastogi149 The more people are aware of the issue, the more likely they are to support solutions. Small steps are all we have, unless you got a better plan?
@@HunterTracks Being aware of the fact is not enough to have these companies change their policies and even if through some miracle they did "change" how long did think it would take them to start exploiting the consumers again?
Big companies have always take over a good thing and screw it into the ground. I use to be a Starbucks devotee. I had a gold card and everything. I’d get breakfast and lunch there. But, I haven’t had a Starbucks for years. The places are dull, drab, and institutionalized by what I see in each store and by what I know is going on behind the scenes. I can say wholeheartedly: I HATE STARBUCKS!
Reminds me of Starbucks' tactics of putting shops next to mom and pop shops, putting them out of business then shrinking the franchise because the competition was annihilated. And there's the tactic of incremental normalization. Subscriptions make nominal increases wait some time for people to get accustomed to it then do it again.
By now there are younger generations who never experienced that there used to not be a subscription for all these things and not even question it.
For a non Prime user like me, Amazon instead auto selects the paid fast delivery instead of the slower free option 😂
Me too! I won't ever subscribe to prime when I have the chance to collect things swiftly from shops close to my house
Of course. 🤕
I cancelled my subscription to Prime and I still get all the same delivery options, including "Prime Free". I honestly don't see the difference.
@@lakojake4215 until the end of the month, Bro
same lmao, i rarely use Amazon so i don't mind using the slow option that comes next month if needed.
The darkest pattern: being forced to close ads, instead of them closing themselves. double plus dark: making it nearly impossible to close an ad instead of opening the link.
the first isnt a dark pattern, its just shitty. the second though... thats a "dark pattern"
@@riley1636 Ads used to end without user input. It was an intentional design shift when that changed. Though it may not sound like much, it's yet another change that was forced on us, despite it making the experience worse.
@@lithelily yeah but that's not trickery, it's just shitty. dark patterns aren't synonymous with shitty, they're synonymous with "tactics to get you to do things we want you to without you realizing we're forcing you to" aka tricking you.
New speak
Adblockers. Get them. The internet will be a nicer place, but it’ll feel dead.
The hustle is always fascinating to break down. Especially that strong corporate one that is profit > everything and everyone else
For me, your videos have their ups and downs, but I love when you absolutely nail topics like these. Thank you for spreading the consumer gospel.
This is the kind of work we want to see more and more. Not just phone or gadget reviews
This.
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Yes!
Yes yes yes yeah
That would be nice, but this guy kinda built his channel on phone and gadget reviews. To suddenly stop would be a brave move.
My language teacher has 2 airbnb flats in São Paulo, and he’s noticed they weren’t showing up in search - because they were priced TOO LOW, he had to up the price because he was loosing clients. That means Airbnb is artificially pushing prices up
Yes. All these internet companies are more a less scam. Airbnb is one of the worst companies, they allso willing rent out ur place to be used as a sex hotel or to sell drugs, airbnb do not care.
Not only that, but if you price a product too low for its market price it might look as less reputable, people might think it’s too good to be true thus recurring to other options.
I dont get it. How can AirBNB not want low prices, sure they get to take more from your teacher but Airbnb is competing w hotels at the same time.
@@franciscosousa5913the only reason that is, is because everyone overprices. If people started normalizing a fair price, that problem wouldn’t exist. It’s one of those things that get worse the more people follow it. Fair prices should not be met with skepticism, it’s a symptom of the current market that will implode on itself. Nothing is priced to low these days, it’s either super overvalued or just a little overvalued but since every company and industry is doing the same, no one can just go elsewhere. Air BNB prices are absolutely insane. They used to compete with hotels but damn if hotels aren’t half price or even a third of the price of similar air bnbs
Before it was a no brainer to use Airbnb, nowadays it really depends on the location. Sometimes hotels offer a better price. Especially for flats that are only used for sleeping
That surf shark ad at the end basically ruins this entire video. Promoting a predatory subscription.
“But the cancel button is visible.” “Visible? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find it.” “That’s where it is.” “With a flashlight.” “Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.” “So had the stairs.” “But look, you found the button, didn’t you?” “Yes, yes I did. It was in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”
Say this video gets 10M views. If 1% of the audience cancels a $10/mo subscription, you just saved people $10,000,000 one year from now... Hats off to you!
10%*
Cancelled my Amazon Prime around halfway this video XD
Or $1,000,000. Both works.
@@grasz yeah 1M monthly or 10M a year from now :)
Don't be cowards guys let's do it
Bro just lost every chance of a sponsor just to speak fax, couldn't be more proud
He doesn't need a sponsor. He's about to surpass Apple in subscribers and it is a tech channel. The amount of ad money he's pulling is terrifying to think about. Glad he decided to take advantage of his sponsor-independence and giant audience to sting giant companies in the balls.
@@olekbeluga314 If he needs to grow his business, he does need sponsorships. It's just most of the companies he mentioned don't do youtube channel sponsorships usually so he is ok. If he goes after Surfshark, DBrand, etc. he may bring in huge losses.
Wait and see.
These companies dont need sponsorships anyways, hence why they're doing enshitification.
@@sensualbydomeni dude he is just..... so incompetent. complains about everything and misinformation. you can get a one month ps sub. for a tech channel he is just a consumer. the japan ep was good. otherwise very whiny. to each their own.
Regal theaters has no cancel option for its subscription. You have to email them and go through a lot of correspondence. This pattern is everywhere.
Props for blowing up i remember watching you years ago. Wish i could remember the first video
"If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" - a wise guy
This has become one of my favorite sayings
Best quote I read today
Based
shark tanks honest reaction ._.
Piracy isn't stealing, it's just renting
I've found that I am now happiest avoiding unnecessary purchases. I either make my own food or go to a local restaurant, usually only get fast food / delivery when I am extremely busy. I don't watch tv/shows anymore via streaming. I don't take ubers anymore, I just drive, or take a cab. I don't pay for anything extra because it all sucks. I buy online exclusively when necessary, and I only buy things I use. I only buy another when it breaks or doesn't keep up with what I need it to do. And it is truly liberating. Sad to see how far all these promising new businesses have failed. I really do miss the 2000s internet.
I absolutely agree with you
Couldn't say it any better
that's been my life, the entire way. weird how all of you are just finally figuring out the only way to save money, is to save money. LOL.
you are a real hero!!
How do you watch tv shows, then? By downloading them?
The sponsor for this video being a subscription service is awesome
So when Ryan George said you need to pay the fee fee and the feefee fee he was actually spot on lol 🤣🤣
These subscription models are everywhere and it's a cancer. Subscriptions for things that have no reason needing a subscription. Even car manufacturers want to soft-lock features your car already has behind a subscription (including Key FOBs). All the people over the years who've nagged and rolled their eyes, excusing criticism away as anti-progress... they deserve a large part of the blame for enabling this imo
helped the widow of a friend sort her financial woes after his death by going through all the shit she pays for but don't use, it was a nightmare, more than 600€ thrown away each month for nothing, like two gym subscriptions she says she had "cancelled" including one for a place that closed down in her city in 2020. took close to two months to cancel everything as some "required" sending registered mail twice. 😑 oh yeah, and two "security suites" for a windows pc she doesn't have. 🤡
@@kittytraildamn that is rotten to the core, cheers that you helped her out and I hope that the system will change. But I fear that too many people wont care enough to force the businesses to stop these practices
@@merkasable she signed for all those but never checks her bank statements or email, it's a nightmare as she has now new subs for coffee pods and some beauty/skincare products. i'm not sure she really understands that her monthly available for discretionary spending money has been divided by more than 3 since my friend death... 😑
@@kittytrail Had a case where my friend was paying for ant-virus and the cancel page leads to an error 404 page, in the end i teached him that he can call his credit card company and ask them to cancel any subscription from there AND ask for a chargeback for everything he didin't use by just telling he got scamed.
@@adrianocs4 depends where you are on this planet. here, you cannot cancel directly your payment as contract law is enforced quite well both for the company interests and for the customer ones and judges tend to side with the customer in case of a doubt (much like ebay's CS way of doing things) as the threshold of "proof" is higher for professionals than for laymen. there are lots of loopholes like unilateral contract terms modifications that will free you from the most robust contract if you don't agree with those changes (say roaming incoming SMS charges in Zimbabwe for your cellphone contract while you won't _ever_ need it), even if the new terms are in your favor of if they encompass a part you never used nor ever planned to use. one of the biggest problem is when the corporation is american or english and you have to go through their vile anglo shenanigans about the customer always being right as long as he pays, as soon as he stops or wants to stop, they consider you literally like a traitor and an ignoble person that cannot appreciate their infinite generosity in having you as a customer. or if you have to deal with cheap arsed 3rd world CS reps that neither understand what you say or mean nor do you understand what they're saying... 😑 add that most people are pretty much gullible and won't read the contract they're agreeing to nor would they understand half of it if they took the time to do so. 😑
It's funny cause the precedent before was that ordering online was cheaper than just going to the store yourself, but now it's actually the opposite. What used to be convenient is now just predatory.
Ordering online is cheaper, it only gets expensive when you buy from big companies and even then it's cheaper for them. If physical stores had better ways of jacking up prices they would and they still do some sneaky tricks.
One of capitalism's "killer apps" is pricing goods efficiently. For example, if I'm an apple farmer, how many apples do I need to sell in order to pay for the new engine on my truck? As it turns out, for most things in general, free markets do a good job deciding the efficient point. It doesn't work for things like medicine where people can't just opt to use the product, but it does for things like delivery services. The same people here complaining about the cost of online services that deliver to your house would also probably complain about workers not getting paid enough. And these services LOSE money for the companies. You know why? It's never been efficient to have a single person deliver you a $10 lunch. It uses an insane amount of resources for almost no benefit. It's SUPPOSED TO cost this much, because it's ridiculously inefficient and resource hungry. You all might as well complain that you can't get your food delivered by helicopter for cheap.
@@jeffreysanders7334 I can't get my food delivered by helicopters for cheap. Workers aren't getting paid enough.
@@jeffreysanders7334cheap food helicopter delivery and fairly paid workers sound really cool actually, companies should do that
@@jeffreysanders7334 cheap helicopter food delivery and fairly paid workers sound really cool tbh corps should do that
This has been going on for over a decade now. I used to work in fast food and now I'm a taxi driver soon to be driving Instructor. They're not just exploiting the consumer but the supplier as well. Companies like justeat, deliveroo and ubereats are killing your favourite local takeaway. That's why I only order directly through the restaurant or takeaway. I only use local taxi companies and always tip because honestly taxi drivers really earn a pittance which is why I'm training to become a driving instructor.
One of my favorite KZheadrs throughly enjoy your videos and this one I think I appreciate the most of all.
My favorite is a website being "on sale" for only 12 hours left. But they're ALWAYS on sale, so that 50% was always their intended price, preying on FOMO of having a deal.
On the opposite spectrum is website that put a higher price the second time you open it, to punish you for browse around for similar products. 🤬
Because it works - it's proven to turn on panic responses to make you more likely to panic-buy. (Unless you know what's actually going on, that is)
Udemy increases price after multiple visits. It initially fooled me into buying courses in haste (they were good Cs related courses but i could've bought them as per need hadn't i thought prices don't actually increase using discount coupons etc)
Airlines use this alot, the more times you look at a certain flight at a certain date and a certain time the more you are giving away about actually wanting to book that specific flight. This is when they start up charging you at least a couple of tenners.
Anyone who puts a time limit on the availability of their product is trying to make you panic buy. Legitimate salesmen have always done this, but the ploy is mostly used by scammers nowadays.
Uber also tries to refuse refunds when you cancel Uber one a few days before the renewal date, claiming that it takes several days to cancel the payment and therefore there’s nothing they can do and the payment will be taken and can’t be refunded. It takes 5 minutes of telling them that’s it’s illegal to not give a refund when cancelling BEFORE the renewal and then magically they find the ability to refund the payment. They’re a terrible company, barely use them anymore.
you can also dispute the charge using your bank
@@videoandphotographyllc Doesn't it hurt your credit score, if you do it that way?
As long as you give them their stated required notice period that you will be cancelling your contract, then you have every right to cancel the standing order or direct debit in your account. For them to make a claim against you for monies in arrears they would have to show how you had breached the contract (ie not given them x number of days notice). Moral of the story: don't fall for the "keep your account open after cancelling in case we need to give you a refund" because that's an age old lie. Take it from an ex-call center worker for a number of those dodgy companies that "put customer service at the heart of everything we do", it's a lie 99% of people fall for.
Uber is a TERRIBLE company TERRIBLE
Uber is owned by one of the most extortive banking families in the history of human beings, Rothschild.
That subscription rotation between streaming services is quite a good advice.
I don’t know how many people who’ve watched this video know how important this is. This is probably top video of this year and maybe even in the last 3-5 years. We are all going broke and being stressed and having anxiety before of these things! Let these go and see how much life you have worth living. 🎉
I’ve just cancelled UberOne, Spotify, Disney+, all thanks to this video opening my eyes! Thank you, Arun!
cry more
@@mordante01 What?
@@mitsunam7001 People cry and moan that things cost money. I think Disney+ never made money. Spotify is I think also losing money and the artists gets paid almost nothing. People cry about about it but forgot buying a single CD or LP costs more then 2 months subscription. Spotify is too cheap.
Me too
@@mordante01 WEE WOO WEE WOO DEPRESSION ALERT
"Tiering" comes straight out of the Airlines Industry. Instead of creating new better quality Tiers, they broke down the existing ones into ones with less features.
So wait does that mean 1st class used to be standard or am I misunderstanding this?
@@Prometheus7272 Pretty much; in the old days of the airline industry, first class was the only thing available: there were plenty of room, very comfy, great customer service, etc. Nowadays, it's in the tier system where first class is now the upper tier at a higher price and economy is the lowest tier where they shove people in like a tuna can.
Like Tuna can 😂😂😂
@@Slaggo My entire life’s a lie
I would argue the way airlines approached this had an overall positive effect (making air travel more accessible), but other industries bent it to make it malicious.
Great video, messages, and information. Everything you say has not just the ring of truth but resonates with my own experience. Thank you!
This was such a good video. Definitely one of your best in months, please do more!
I’m a delivery driver and I promise you there’s no special notification that lets me know you’re a priority smh and I don’t get anything extra smh
oof. i drive but i never order, it's such a scam.
You should look at Drife, they don't charge anything between rider and driver. Their revenue comes solely from driver subscriptions.
Do you check to see if a tip has already been added?
He never got into how they screwed the drivers to rake out more share profiteering.
Nice big corps just pockets our money.
I think one of the worst parts is being unable to cancel your subscription within the app on your phone and having to go through their website to cancel and then having to jump through the hurdles as well it's just become predatory and we are all just accepting it as a society so nothing will change anytime soon
Its your country, most likely the USA In Europe its illegal and you have to have a easy cancel button BY LAW
@Scresho202 it's Australia lol I'm from NZ and we have to go through their services to access some services because they're not available here
@@rhanhurst8002 Interesting! Sorry for the wrong assumption!
@@Scresho202 I’m in Germany and I cannot change anything relevant about Spotify or Amazon Prime from within the app. I have to use a desktop version.
@@glockenrein You can use the mobile website too, can't say if inside the App works But still it's easily available on either device and is mandatory by EU law Don't think inside the App is mandatory
Not only the clients are being extremely exploited, food delivery apps will also heavily exploit their "employees"
May take on this is : Streaming services forgot about one thing ! They did not competed with other services. But with Piracy , the main reason why there where made. But when Actors wanted Revenue share, for re-runs of a TV Show\Movie . They quickly forgot about it. And treated each Show\Movie on its service like a KZhead video, that gets money from Advert Views. Buying up Ips and licenses to lure more views on a set service. And you no longer have Starwars\Simpsons\Friends\Any other show or movies on one service but on 40+ services each competing for ADVERT REVENUE VIEWS WITH CONTENT THEY GATELOCKED. Making many ignore them , and go back to Piracy .
One of the things that I realised with youtube specifically was, that if you ever not skip a skippable ad, there is a chance that youtube will assume that you fell asleep and will simply use your proceeding session to make them money. I have woken up to multi hour ads running while I was asleep, or checking my history in the morning and finding content from creators that I have never seen before and have nothing to do with what I usually watch or what I had on when I fell asleep.
Lol
Adblock is free. I can't remember the last time I saw a sponsored item or ad.
@@BenjamimicKZhead does not let your do anymore
@@shadowgaming475 google a bit harder ;)
Whot mate? That sounds horrible. You can enjoy KZhead on your phone. 0 ads at $0. Can't speak for iPhone users, though.
Worst thing is Google imo. You often cant even find useful information anymore, you'll only find companies who want to sell you something for your problem. And I'm not only talking about ads. Its about SEO....
This is true
I'm a 20 year advertiser. Google wants to make sure that it's mostly paid clicks that I get, and at the same time their customer service is horrid. I spend $6000 a month with them, yet the 2 or 3 times a year that I call with a problem I get a call center with script readers who don't help at all. It used to be that interns from Stanford or Berkeley would man the phones, but that ended 10 years ago or so.
@@sirlawrencet I think they're just literally "too big to fail" at this point. They know you need them if you want to advertise online these days... so they don't give a shit :/ Edit: I remember it used to be pretty solid customer service too (at least on the business side of things anyway)
Google search + reddit. Like redditors opinions aren't perfect but at least you get a diverse group of people with differing opinions talking about the topic you're interested in and then maybe u can form an opinion based off of that
🦆🦆🐐 DuckDuckGo instead
Imagine owning a car, getting a bicycle and learning how to cook home made food. How radical !!
my granma walked in on the facebook part with the silicone feet...i got yelled at...
“Imagine if companies like this get in charge of your medical and emergency services!” In America you need not imagine!
Stop reminding me of reality😢
Thank's to their politicians!
💯
Enjoy your waitlists.
Thought the same ish.
This video really summed what's going on in the last ~5 years. Everything just slowly turn into shit: shorts, ads, fees, etc. Internet is really broken these days.
Yep, the entire economy is now based on tricking us. I’m so tired of subscriptions. I don’t do free trials anymore because they make it so hard to cancel that you put it off until the last day and they hope you give up trying to find the link to cancel and keep paying
you can thank share holder capitalism. I remember when the talks about free internet and open software technology were at the forefront, but then people went... nooo let s just give them something and it will be fine. Now that they are the only game is town you see why it was an important fight to win. Give them a finger, they ll take the balls next.
Ikr it just all feels so bad compared to pre-2020 imo I feel like KZhead and Google are making the occasional effort to go in the right direction though, like YT recently asking users to choose the content they actually would like to see more of
@@pigimiceli i think its more about large monopoly companies in tech (e.g. Facebook, Amazon, Uber, Netfilix) that can base their whole business strategies on enshittification. There is no viable alternatives for the users to seek higher quality services. In the non-internet world, we don't have this problem. With cars, restaurant etc we can always choose to go for competitor if we are not satisfied with the product we get.
@@guillaumelane3374 Honestly KZhead are one of the worst ones. They keep locking existing features behind the paywall and increasing the number of ads.
I'm so glad you offer a solution at the end of the video man. How do we get legislature?
Consumer protection content like this is superb. Martin Lewis recently asked for some competition. This is it. More of this please!! Hold businesses to account! Consumers hold the power to make change and this helps.
I hate companies that make you “lose access immediately” when you cancel a subscription. Then I’m forced to set a reminder 1 day before the end of the subscription month to cancel it.
ye i got scamed 30.99£ i was so angry
Fr, it's very annoying... I take a different approach to handling it tho lol
Which companies do that? As far as I know, it's illegal because you purchased the rights to a platform for one month at a cost of 0 dollars, so you have legal rights despite paying nothing
@@danytalksmusichappened to me with apple tv
Creative Cloud can only be cancelled one month before the end and the minimum you can subscribe to is one year. Otherwise you have to pay 50% worth of the remaining months as a cancellation fee. 🙂
This is honestly one of the most valuable videos you've ever published
This
Yeah this just reminded me to cancel my Uber one sub. They did the 3 months free offer which is coming up in a month. I have no intention on keeping it. I only order once or twice a month so not worthwhile for me to use that. Most of the time I just go pickup my food so no need for it.
This video deserves to be seen by more people, it's the sort of education big companies don't want people to know
For me this is one of the most valuable KZhead channels ever in existence.
Never agree to try a free subscription ever. It's always a trap. Cancelling to keep it from charging you is made extremely difficult..
I've experienced that dark pattern with amazon choosing the slower delivery date MULTIPLE times, I wondered how many other's almost fell for it, and how many actually have
The proof of him being a good KZheadr is the last two videos, completely honest, genuine and not caring about what the company will do to him after the video.
But this whole video was basically a plug for SurfShark VPN, yet another subscription service - the irony 😂 And remember the piece he’s quoting is only possible if you pay for the service upfront in its entirety, so his per month price is quite grey
He's correct about a lot of what he says, however... The basket nonsense is kinda dumb. It wasn't £4 it had shipping of another £4 unless you spend £30. Also the website is a local business that sells cheap decorations. That would be like me complaining about how dollar tree has cheap decorative glass, and that on Amazon for the same thing it's more expensive... Makes no sense.
@@christiansimmons630 yes they side by side BANKRUPT own subscriber
What will they do to him?
@@SebeastMr-zh4px Never sponser him.
Adobe has reached peak enshitification. I'm surprised they were not mentioned.
+1
Has?! It always was. They sphear headed the subscription service for software. But they never fixed their products, with subscription their products became worse
you have to cancel it from time to time and take the black friday offer with 40% discount. last december i canceled it and they gave me 2 months for free. but its still f expensive
So glad there are decent one time purchase or free alternatives to all their software.
@@Kool212 Yep, I've started using Resolve and Affintiy Photo and they're pretty good. Adobe can do one.
This subscription trend is getting sicker and sicker. I read that HP wants to sell printer subscriptions. And when for pans, pots, clothes? Anything can be taken away from you at any time.
They already do here in the UK. We threw the printer away after a few months...felt like we were being extorted since it only accepts HP printer ink.
The last minute is an example of dark pattern. You just can't escape the system.
"you won't own anything and you'll be happy" starting to make sense now
Saint Klaus😊
They said it only now, but went on from like 60s, with TVs, milkmen and electricity bill... It really is, a technocracy beofeudalism, corpocracy - we are ants the those at power, they give us just specks, "gifts" to appease masses from rising up...
rhis is why piracy will be rocking unless u are in b2b
Except for the being happy bit
and ironically the right wing is in favor of it
Imagine if all running subscriptions were automatically cancelled (by law) when the company changes their subscriptions features (e.g. removing features to add them to a higher tier)
Now this is a GREAT idea
this guy is complaining about inflation as if it's an evil conspiracy..
Imagine you actually made your own purchase choices without relying on daddy government to hold your hand for you
Symmetrical cancellation, it should take you the same amount of time to cancel than it took you to subscribe and or get money back.
@@mszualawhich will never happen unfortunately
Kudos arun for spitting the fact this is not something that generally anyone has guts to talk about
lmao, my sister was always ordering and I told her, if u pay me the fees i'll grab ur food and now she realized how much of a scam those things are, people see a total that they are fine with and they hit "pruchase/order" but when u dissect it they realize its crazy
Remember when youtube had a single 5 second skippable ad? It's crazy how fast they went from that to their current state
I'm old enough to remember when KZhead didn't have any ads.
Same, Aaron, same lol
KZhead will literally make you watch a 15 second ad on a 3 second video these days.
Idk about phone and pc cause I watch most of my KZhead on tv but sometimes KZhead will give FOUR UNSKIPPABLE ADS
Also now they pump more adds than tv, and pay the creators less and less. In fact many large channels can't even support themselves now without sponsor adds. Time for some competition.
I'm glad someone on KZhead talks about this. I've began to think this only happens to me, and I'm living in a bubble.
Thats the other problem everyone is living in a bubble, cancel the subscriptions, dont waste your money.
Frrr
I dont get it, people have been talking about this for years…..
@@Daniel-rp7nb Me neither. Are all these tricks just now occurring to this man? I mean, I like him but tell me something I don't know.
@@TimHaggerty-ox8bl Well, not everyone knows. OP for example probably wouldn't have known without this video, and believe me your average person doesn't really notice so whether or no you personally already knew doesn't mean that the video is without merit.
I went to all my subscriptions and monthly expenses at the beginning of the year and cancelled basically everything, netflix, spotify, etc. It's crazy how much money I saved since then.
Awesome video, thank you for the update, love your background, amazing
I canceled my amazon prime when they tried to force me to watch ads or pay more.
Im close to cancelling it honestly
Just do it man. These companies are powerless without those apps. Just uninstall.
Same
you get much more with prime though, music, free shipping, free delivery on deliveroo orders, amazon photos, still a good deal
@@akkiokz619 That's sound reasoning if you never forget where you originally drew the line.
Health insurance companies in the US have been doing this and worse forever. Imagine you try to watch a movie on Netflix and it tells you “We will review your request and let you know our decision in 30 days.” A month later you get a letter saying your request to watch that movie is denied because their entertainment expert decided you don’t need to watch it. But you can appeal. “Deny, delay, defend.”
people pay medical bills? why? illegals dont have to, so neither should you. say no to hospital bills! it's easy. in NY, there are laws that protect patients from being ripped off by hospitals. no need to pay. the law also protects your credit.
@@BobRooney290 The fact that all you got from his comment is that 'illegals' are the problem in this thing, is so sad. Even if all the illegals will be gone, insurance companies will still be the same problem. And at this point, I believe republicans will just blame legal immigrants for all the problem after they one day might have fixed illegal migration. Newsflash, the big coroporations and the tax system helping the rich and powerfull are a way larger problem than Miguel illegaly comming to pick your corps every spring by illegaly crossing the border.
Such idealism in this video, only makes sense a minority of people have the money and power in the world, survival of the fittest, the world and humans aren't made to be solidaric and strive for equality, it's not in our nature, why it'll never change.
I tell you how it is happening in my country. You are paying the taxes from your salary, and paying the taxes every time while you bought anything. Whole of your money to be converted to taxes, about 80%. After that you have a free-quasi-insurance. And when you call your hospital you detect that there's no any hospital. After that, even if your had an acute poisoning, you probably had a chance to alive with call the ambulance. But after a 6 hours awaiting, the dispatcher calling your with good question: so, are you still need an ambulance? No, I died. My real case.
@@BobRooney290 Which law?
I cancelled everything two years ago. But those companies prefer unaware people as customers as they can fleece them quietly. People like us make noise about every predatory step they take even if we know there is nothing we can do about it. I have a feeling they deliberately design their UI to drive us off at this point.
I think it should be illegal for companies to keep charging you if they can't prove you have used their services for x months. The same way they're not allowed to keep your data (GDPR).
22:16 "So what do we do about it?" The answer is simple - since corporations are all infected with parasitic shareholders, the best option is to just avoid subscriptions altogether. Obtain your media in ways that you can ensure you will have access to it indefinitely without worry that some provider will one day vanish taking your money and leaving you with nothing. If there is no legitimate way to do this, then it seems piracy should be deemed the correct consumer option.
I keep telling Robert Reich's lemmings this all the time: if you don't like a service or how much a company is making, don't buy their stuff. We are a consumer society that has to keep up with the Jones', MUST HAVE the latest & greatest, while not realizing they are playing a game that they can't win. Live humble, live simple, live basic and life is so much more enjoyable.
The economy continues to monopolize American companies are not investing money into innovation and productivity. They are growing through stock buybacks to inflate prices and through buying other smaller companies and expanding and driving out smaller competitors. This is the undeniable trend until republicans become serious about anti trust laws. We either have to abandon these monopolies and contribute to consume from companies that democratize access and control to the masses or we are screwed.
The economy continues to monopolize American companies are not investing money into innovation and productivity. They are growing through stock buybacks to inflate prices and through buying other smaller companies and expanding and driving out smaller competitors. This is the undeniable trend until republicans become serious about anti trust laws. We either have to abandon these monopolies and contribute to consume from companies that democratize access and control to the masses or we are screwed.
Trick is, for movies, if it's a Netflix produced movie (or any other platform) it will probably never have a physical release. So no only do we have to maintain our subscription or resubscribe if we ever want to watch it again, it will never have the same level of quality as the disk at the same "quality level". And even if you pirate it, that will almost always be even worse.
@@linnoff False. Pirating it has the same exact quality as the highest resolution available at the time for release. Pirates are very particular in the quality of their media libraries.
When you cancel the subscription, Netflix still has the data of your credit card ready to be reactivated and you can never remove it unless you insert a different card info . Not being able to remove the credit card from their settings should be illegal.
Yes it should be. Find a consumer protection group in your area and do a class action.
@@Iquey problem is only people who live in developed countries think about this. Where I live most people have other problem.
Cancel the card and get a new card.
@bills6093 cards are expensive. In some countries, banks sell them
@bills6093 CC companies like Visa and Mastercard both have a service called “Automatic Billing Updater” - it essentially updates the companies with new card info without your manual intervention so your subscriptions can keep going. This is also why you see your new card getting charged when you clearly remember you had originally subscribed using a card that has since expired, for example.
The biggest scam is when you buy a subscription and want to cancel it straight away, but they just tell you it will cancel the whole subscription period, so you won't do it and then they charge you like 15 days before the end of the subscription period, the biggest joke is if it's like 1 year renewal...
Ordering food online for delivery is completely insane with the taxes, fees, unhealthy choices and you don't really know what happens to your order between the restaurant and your house.
I am a driver for Uber and DoorDash. I can tell you that in 99% cases nothing happens to your food between the restaurants and it is dropped at your door. Almost all of us just put it in a thermal back or if it’s cold in a cold Right away I’m driving to your house. We just wanna keep our job. We have no interest in messing with your food for those who mess with the food there are serious consequences and honestly we don’t wanna dot that. we get seriously abused by these companies and I guess, if driver is at their breaking point and see no hope in going on then might do something like not deliver the food because they’re just about to have the app turned off on them and lose their job in a second and really don’t care what happens to them or your food. The better you tip the driver the batter driver you’re gonna get. We only get two dollar base pay for every delivery from these companies. They really want to extract as much money as they can from all parties involved, which is the driver, the customer, and the restaurant, it really makes nobody happy, but they keep trying to pitch all of these three parties against each other while they hide between a very opaque wall.
People have been ordering food online for decades... It's fine
Yeah, I'm more than happy to pick up my own food. What really gets me is what's happened at my Youngest's university. They have a Student Center with a fairly large food court. Only, you can't order food from most of the restaurants, you have to place an order on an Apple iPad-like kiosk. Take a guess who owns the kiosk? Grubhub. You literally cannot order food from the restaurants directly--you have to order through a third-party company which or course, tacks on a service fee for using their stupid kiosk. And I doubt many of the students have noticed this.
Exactly. I've shut down a lot of consumption due to getting ripped off. I basically cook nice things organic and local at home. And Uber? I'm willing to walk 5+ miles or wait to get away from surge, I also open Lyft and Uber and makre sure to use the cheapest option.
You lost me at the last point haha, but the rest is true
Parse the service. Take parts away. Charge more for what you had before. Office 365, Netflix, Prime, Uber, vehicle subscriptions… It’s disgusting.
I abandoned food delivery apps when one evening I was feeling sushi and put an order together from a restaurant about a mile away from my apartment. It was $40.00 worth of food and the total cost was going to be $96.00 to get it to me. I deleted the app and started just driving, walking, and biking to restaurants like a caveman again. Worth it.
As an older silicon valley tech worker, I kinda avoided participating in many of this. I stuck with taxis, picking up my food, not installing apps, rotating streaming services and limiting social media platforms. Maybe I saw how user data and privacy was coopted or the insane startup funding to capture market share would have to lead to insane commoditization in the end. I'm all for innovation, but all the surveillance capitalism and sh@#&!tification really has gone too far.
rotating streaming services? A true millenial is a pirate. They make enough money, don't worry about the loss you incure them.
Fully agreed. I'm an older non-silicone valley tech worker. I saw these traps coming a mile away. I never joined Facebook. I never use delivery. I was an earl Netflix subscriber... until it was flooded with garbage, and realized I essentially never found anything I liked on it and quickly cancelled it. I don't sign up for Amazon prime, and when I do, I game the crap out of them at get the "free trial" service for a week, then immediately cancel the service (which they let you do). I have almost zero apps installed on my phone. In fact, if I could get rid of my smart phone, I think I would, and just go with a dumb feature phone. You just have to see the angle these companies are using. It's all fairly obvious. So much of tech today is a trap.
Gen X innit
okay boomer
I started with an in-company Saturday afternoon class, soldering resistors, condensers, etc. onto a 1-board base 16 "computer", and finished up (I think) working on the merger of a data center /"cloud" company with a smaller (sexier) startup in the same industry. .. And, like you, I have avoided participating in much of what is happening now: sticking with taxis, picking up the food or eating in the restaurant, not getting a smart phone =not installing apps, no wifi, limiting social media platforms, etc., but still happy to work online. The sh@#&!tification really has gone too far, and being cynical / suspicious of all convenient free things is justified.
Piracy is exploding once again with the current streaming landscape. There used to be a couple of services with everything at a good price. This almost killed off piracy. Now there are so many services, all with ever increasing prices and shrinking offerings. Everyone is going back downloading shows or using android boxes.
I used to be able to walk to the store and buy DVDs. It's a distribution problem. There is nothing entertainment related within walking distance anymore when there used to be: arcades, book stores, comic book stores, video stores...all gone.
Cinemahd always coming in clutch
Not to mention that some things just aren't available anymore without piracy. There's albums, games, etc. that you just can't get normally anymore.
@@freedustin Big tech companies are the same as Big box retailers. They kill off small businesses and then monopolize the market. Capitalism is bad for societies doesn't matter how much ever you defend it. "For profit" is always their core.
yeah there was this russian game developer on twitter who said she doesnt even gaf if kids wanna pirate her game bc "shes been there" LOL. i think her name is nikoteenie or something @@IamTaniwha
Great video! Thanks for making it. The power in the public hands - Simply don't use them.
Don't use Amazon, don't use social media outside of YT, deleted my Netflix the second they tried to nickel and dime me, and my arm still goes up on a street corner in NYC...suck it tech bros...and no I'm not 85
I love when people dare to speak out about the shitty things, instead of just quietly accepting and staying quiet
Like virtually every mainstream corporatist narrative and structure?
Don't forget to vote on the next free, democratic, transparent, and fair elections (conveniently prepared for you by capitalists).
Dare? As if he takes any risks, it's just more content and not very original, just fishing for the piracy-crowd.
@@KarlTheExpert don't act like these platforms are peak
Mr. Bezos ?
One of the worst instances I've seen is a service where if you try to cancel the service early to avoid paying again next month, they end your access to the service immediately, then only /if/ you're in the first 3 days of that service, they refund the month's subscription cost within 1-2 business weeks. This means you have to cancel the service on the very last day you intend to use it, any earlier and you're being robbed of the service you paid for, and any later and they're basically holding your money hostage for two weeks so they can profit off of investments using customer funds. They'll take your payment in 10 seconds, but despite it being possible to return it in 30 minutes, worst case 2-3 days, they make you wait two whole weeks. It's absurd.
and that, is what credit card chargeback is for, no money for them!
good thing i have the reminder app to remind me to cancel on time
Isn't 21st century capitalism wonderful?
@@misakamikoto8785 except now credit cards don't hand out chargebacks so willynilly now that American's espically abuse them
They should be required by law to prorate it. But our politicians don't give a crap about us so why would they actually put decent laws in? 😝