In this pricing table welcome offer says 34.99 per 3 month which feels like you pay 35 euro for every 3 months but actually its only for the first 3 month and it auto renews at 69.99 euros.

i am not even sure how can this be legal.

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[+] 31 points 9 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] [S] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I could argue the asshole design is the subscription model, but it seems the European apps are not as exploitative as American ones

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

    Uh… that's not the issue I was expecting you to have here. Don't we agree that 34,99 / 12 = 2,91 instead of 2,72 per week, making this the blatant lie? Not to mention that 20 €/month is quite obviously 5 €/week under the assumption of one month being equivalent to four weeks.

    Funnily enough, even assuming 29/30/31 days per month and 7 days per week doesn't match either "weekly rate". I have no idea what they're doing other than writing anything down to make it seem like a "low price". Similar to the "only 1 € per day!" offers.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

    seems like their math is, roughly:

    1 month = 30 days // "on average, days per month"
    30 days / 7 days = ~4,29 // weeks per "average month"
    34.99 / (3*4.29) = ~2,72 // and this is the weekly price for the 3 "average months".
    
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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    Thank you, kind stranger, I didn't consider this variant! Certainly creative, but not optimal.

    If they chose instead to work with

    1 year ≙ 365.2422 days
    365.2422 days / 12 months ≅ 30.44 days // per month on average
    30.44 days / 7 days ≅ 4.35 weeks // per avg. month
    ⇒ 34.99 € / (3*4.35 weeks) ≅ 2.68 €/week  ∧  19.99 € / 4.35 weeks ≅ 4.59 €/week
    

    their weekly rates would be even cheaper! Amateurs.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago*

    That's pretty much standard practice for subscriptions, hell, even classic contracts for ISPs for example, use this pricing scheme.

    I guess it's asshole design ... but it's been around so long it feels silly pointing it out these days.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Intermittent fasting costs nothing but willpower (which for some can be an issue I know) and easily beats that quote.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    The monthly plan is cheaper by 10 for some reason

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