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  • Nothing of the sort is mentioned in my comment though.

    But FTFY…

    everything on the internet that demands your true identity leaks the data.

    If its available online somewhere, its only a matter of time before it leaks, true identity or not. If it has potential value, it is a potential target. This is the risk when dealing with anything online. For the record, I also steer clear of free trials that require CC info, for that exact reason. I was just pointing out that it also serves an actual function and purpose in this case and isn’t purely data hoarding.









  • All you’re describing is AI making the other things slightly worse than they already were without. They were still there before AI, and still caused massive amounts of stress and despair. Sure AI affects these things too, but they were already bad and AI only made it slightly worse. Which leads me back to my first comment; AI is not nearly as bad for QoL as any of the other things causing stress and despair.






  • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comtomemes@lemmy.worldDon't have card bro
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    Also, you can just use a fake name, address and email when signing up so if they verify you as a first-time user on that you can easily bypass and have free trial forever. They can better use the CC details for this verification. And it’s trivial to reject those single-use virtual CCs if they want to. It does actually serve a functional purpose in this case to request CC info.

    Of course they definitely still hope you forget too so they can charge you.