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ClassPass: Many steps to cancel membership

Author
Dark Patterns Tip Line
Date
11 Nov 2023
Type
Hard to cancel

“I was auto-enrolled into ClassPass’s $89/month membership; it took 8-10 steps just to cancel the next month’s membership”

ClassPass was reported to the Deceptive Design Tip Line over the difficulty of cancelling its membership. According to the report, the user was auto-enrolled into an $89-per-month membership, and cancelling the following month’s membership took between eight and ten steps.

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