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Boston Globe: Hard to Find Cost.

Author
Gray et al.
Date
24 Apr 2016
Type
Obstruction
Publisher
UXP2 Lab

“When a user creates an account on Boston Globe, the email subscription checkboxes are already checked, and the “Price Today” is not the price paid in the future. To find the future price, the user must go to the FAQ section of the website”

The Boston Globe was catalogued by the UXP2 Lab over its account sign-up. According to the entry, when a user creates an account the email subscription checkboxes are already checked, and the “Price Today” is not the price that will be paid in future. The entry says that to find the future price, the user must go to the FAQ section of the website.

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