Comment by gblargg
5 days ago
> I mean, the dude didn't even try to say he wasn't warned:
A warning that service will be disrupted if you don't add a credit card clearly implies that service would be cut off once they used up the free time. Continuing to get service is not a disruption. Maybe you were agreeing, not sure.
The question is, is not immediately disrupting service a courtesy, or a dark pattern?
I think it boils down to intent, and now we can't have proof of intent since the OP paid up, but the wording of the messages he received could certainly be interpreted to be that the company thought they were doing him a courtesy.