• dan1101@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Use a virtual card with limits on it.

    Some sites let you subscribe and then cancel your subscription right away, but still keep the rest of the trial period.

    Worst case set yourself a future reminder to cancel the service before the trial period ends.

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      10 hours ago

      Privacy.com’s virtual credit cards are pretty great for this. Sign up, pause or one time for the card, and then you don’t have to worry about it. I am sure there are other websites that offer similar services.

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          8 hours ago

          Sure, they do virtual credit cards, but I haven’t seen credit card companies that do it quite like Privacy does. It’s super simple to make individual cards for different ‘bills’, then pause them or get rid of the card as needed. And you don’t even need to use your actual name or information on these virtual cards, so the merchant doesn’t get your information.

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            6 hours ago

            That sounds cool, I’ll have to check it out. It also seems like it would be much more convenient to have them all manageable in one place.