How subscription platforms are using dark patterens


Thefynprint

Uploaded on Nov 5, 2025

When 27-year-old Mumbai based working professional Rohan Rao signed up for a Re 1 trial on a popular ed-tech app, he didn’t think twice before ticking a small checkbox that said “Agree to UPI Autopay.” Six months later, ₹149 was still being debited from his account every month, What he didn’t realize was that the small checkbox he ticked while signing up had authorized a UPI Autopay mandate, which continued without any email or SMS alerts

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