• gaael@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        In Europe, we have debit cards and some banks allow you to create them on the go. I’ve stopped bothering canceling stuff, I just create a new card for each recurrent payment and I cancel it when I don’t want to use the service any longer.

        • IncogCyberspaceUser@lemmy.world
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          What Service do you use? I’d like to do the same, because it’s not always clear by the charge on my statement who I’m paying. I would imaging having named CCs, like email aliases, would help me keep an eye on things.

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            I use the Revolut free tier. And I only wire on my revolut account the amounts I want to be paying (my usual bank has free instant wire tranfers) so I don’t have any bad surprise.
            They also offer single-use/disposable virtual cards, which I’ve used on websites that I didn’t trust fully (Steam keys grey market), these are automatically cancelled after one use.

            I don’t want to sound like I’m advertising this brand though: they’ve been a pain during the registration process (I’ve had to take selfies and videos of myself), they seem to be a shitty employer and to have bad customer support service, see the wikipedia page for more details.

        • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
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          2 days ago

          That sounds fun and convenient to manage for the average person…

          /s

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            2 days ago

            our fanatical obsession with convenience (and corporations exploiting that) is what created this mess.

            Autopay is so expected now that many subscriptions simply don’t offer options to pay per month.

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            2 days ago

            “Having to use this app or website is too hard. It would be more fun and convenient to jump through whatever hoops the gym decides.”