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[–] answersplease77@lemmy.world 238 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (13 children)

these cocksuckers were charging my 70-yr-old computer-illetrate mom nearly $80 a month because "she wanted to be able to open pdf on her laptop", and then once I found out and tried to cancel this pro subscription which she had, they forced us to pay a $200 cancelation fee which amounts to 50% of the remaining months until the end of the year. Adobe came pre installed and all she did was click on yes, yes, yes after the triall period finished. It's a predetory behavior from a scummy company. I will never forgive them for this.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 67 points 5 months ago (8 children)

How did it get her credit card info if she only clicked "yes" boxes? Or was it linked to some other payment system that was set up on her system somehow (MS or Apple App Store or something)?

[–] JonEFive@midwest.social 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There's a reason scam artists target the elderly. If a box on the computer screen says "put payment info here" then who are they to argue with the box?

[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 10 points 5 months ago

TRUST THE BOX!

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