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Aren't there some credit cards that can create virtual numbers?

Just give them a virtual number and then disable it right after registering. Then have your free trial, and only if you decide to actually subscribe, change it to a credit card number that is active.

Businesses should not be unscrupulously trying to make money off people who forgot about the product during their free trial.

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I use Privacy.com to make virtual cards for this purpose.

Does privacy.com still require a debit card? That was what put me off the last time I investigated their service.

It did the last time I looked into it.

I went to set up a privacy.com virtual card for a semi-sketchy site, only to have privacy deny the charge as it was for a "high risk" site.

Yeah, I KNOW, that's why I wanted to use a virtual card. That ended my brief foray into privacy.com

Yes, their business model is charging merchants at credit card rates (~3%), and billing you at debit card rates (~0.1%).

only work for US, alas

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