Deceptive Patterns
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New York Times: cancel subscription.

Author
martylafl
Date
1 Mar 2021
Type
Hard to cancel
Publisher
Twitter

“New York Times makes it intentionally difficult and time consuming to cancel subscription. #forcedcontinuance i finally had to cancel my credit card after trying on chat 3 times, being made to wait and “dropped service”. For Shame”

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