Aweful Subscription Hustle
I was dismayed to have a paper bill sent by my medical provider have their website direct me to this app, which did not deliver deliver the simple and fast payment process promised. Instead, I was forced to type full details of myself and my bank account on the tiny touch screen of my phone instead of the keyboard of my computer as I first intended. Bad enough, but the truly mortifying experience was, after giving up all my personal information and banking access, the app attempted ab add-on hustle apart from the medical bill. In effect, an errant click made it to easy for the app developer to debit my bank account -I’m sure in perpetuity without some mystery puzzle unsubscribe process - from a dubious identity protection service. Now I have to worry if I touched the wrong part of mu screen, and to pay attention to my bank charges for months in the future die to the “free trial period” and when it might start surreptitiously taking money with the banking credentials I provided to pay a legitimate medical provider, not an internet cyber hustle. This is exactly the kind of cognitive loading that exploits those of us facing life-threatening illnesses do not need. It is abusive to commingle payments from medical providers with unrelated services. This should be illegal, these practices should fall under intense scrutiny by State Attorney Generals, and the app itself should be removed at once by Apple.
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