Linkedin Premium 😭 
 Paid 1700 for shit

Do you guys not get message/mail 2-3 days before the next payment is due?

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Have you ever felt that you just missed cancelling a subscription and realized it after payment got deducted?

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Lately, I've started finding myself managing multiple subscription, which feel like they are spread all over the place because of all the different benefits on different cards. Some memberships/sunscriptions I use are Amazon Prime, Netflix, Swiggy one, Country Delight, Urbanclap Premium, YouTube premium, Spotify premium, country delight, nykka/myntra, airtel, jio, etc
Some of them are purchased on an annual basis, some are autopay on a credit card, and some are purchased when needed.

With all the news media and different content writers starting to charge for articles, I feel like this number is going to explode further. 

How do you keep track of these subscriptions ? 
Maintaining an excel seems like a hassle, but it is probably the most easiest to manage.

How do you generally manage subscriptions ?

I will go first- sneaking in membership fees while making a purchase; urban company recently got some flak for it.

What are some of the worst dark patterns you've seen?

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Indian startup reporting has stooped to new lows. The Ken which I once thought had deep analysis has now become the ScoopWhoop of startup ecosystem.

I lost 1.5 GB of data over night, woke up in the morning did a top up of 1GB vanished in 2 hours, I wasn't even using the phone that much. Phone heating up, dip in battery.  Similar thing has happened 2 more times this week

Its an iPhone 12, no fishy apps, I'm technically sound and have already done the obvious + what first two pages of Google would suggest. 

Have you experienced this? Does anyone know what to do in such a situation?

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An app which consolidates all you recurring expenses in one place helps you pay, remember and track?

What do you guys think?

Thinking of building a bill payments app

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What has startups done that has added value to a normal Indian's life? Other than a few.

Obviously, apart from fellow tech bros.

Startup Bros are net negative to society.

Normal Indians shop from startups founded by startup bros/sis: 
  
 Flipkart 
 Myntra 
 Nykaa 
 Meesho 
  
 Normal Indians pays for those shopping using PG founded by startup bros/sis: 
  
 Razorpay 
 Paytm 
 PhonePe 
 Cashfree 
  
 Normal Indians get those products delivered to their doorstep, again by startups founded by startup bros/sis: 
  
 Delhivery 
 ShipRocket 
  
 Normal Indians have lakhs of new job opportunities available to them, all thanks to startup bros/sis who are silently building for the greater good of our society.

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I placed an order on swiggy from Meghana’s. The order was of 1700 and I was trying to order one more item and cancelled the order by mistake. I cancelled the order within 1 min but reached out to support team for the refund. 

The cancellation button on the order has this little 4 bars which I thought was the allowed time to cancel an order. And if I remember correctly there was a dark pattern where there was no additional confirmation to check whether I’m okay to cancel the order with the entire amount as penalty. 

If they had asked or pointed out that the full amount was going to be levied as a penalty, I would have chosen to get this delivered. 

They had charged entire bill amount for cancellation and responded saying this is according to the police. I tried to understand how charging entire amount is reasonable. I tried making them realise that even if they had charged 500 rupees I would understand the charges. 

Later they asked me to write an email regarding the same. I wrote that email and now I have got an update that they won’t be able to refund any amount. 

This is Meghana’s biriyani, and it was almost within 1 minute and they charge the entire fucking bill amount. I am still okay to pay a cancellation charge if the food was prepared or was on the way to deliver but full amount for within 1 min. I truly hate how these fucking companies choose to be so callous towards both employees and customers. 

I always believed that most companies are empathetic towards customers and employees but I guess I’m wrong. 

From the bottom of my heart, 
- F*ck you Swiggy!
- F*ck you for being insensitive towards customers 
- F*ck you to your policies that makes a customer suffer 
- F*ck you to taking away a customers money and hoarding it with the restaurant for zero service delivery 
- F*ck your leadership team for using profitability as an excuse to hide behind shitty customer experience 
- F*ck your strategy and legal team to devise those cancellation policies

F*ck you Swiggy!

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