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<blockquote data-quote="Trident" data-source="post: 1033790" data-attributes="member: 99014">There are few reasons for asking for credit card details from a business point of view.-You only want to attract consumers who are capable of covering the cost of their subscription. You don’t want users who just go around downloading freebies and then uninstall them.-Consumers will frequently neglect subscriptions. Often times they will remember about them only after being charged and the hassle of going through support to get a refund is a factor enough (specially a subscription of £20) to just let go and not deal with it.-Taking card upfront is great way to make sure users installing the product through mobile platforms do not subscribe through the store.Whatever it is, it is annoying. Sometimes the computer may be infected with keyloggers, you go and download a trial of an antivirus software to help you clean it (not everybody knows the second opinion scanners) and Kaspersky is asking you to put in your credit card details. You then end up entering them on an infected machine or you have to pull your phone out, do it from there and enter your account details at the very least (on the infected machine again). Whatever it is, it is a minor annoyance and as such, it deserves -1 points.As to Kaspersky, I’ve done what 99.9% of users will do. I’ve opened the site, browsed the menu and clicked “trials and downloads”. I an not obliged to be an encyclopaedia with Kaspersky links.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Trident, post: 1033790, member: 99014"] There are few reasons for asking for credit card details from a business point of view. -You only want to attract consumers who are capable of covering the cost of their subscription. You don’t want users who just go around downloading freebies and then uninstall them. -Consumers will frequently neglect subscriptions. Often times they will remember about them only after being charged and the hassle of going through support to get a refund is a factor enough (specially a subscription of £20) to just let go and not deal with it. -Taking card upfront is great way to make sure users installing the product through mobile platforms do not subscribe through the store. Whatever it is, it is annoying. Sometimes the computer may be infected with keyloggers, you go and download a trial of an antivirus software to help you clean it (not everybody knows the second opinion scanners) and Kaspersky is asking you to put in your credit card details. You then end up entering them on an infected machine or you have to pull your phone out, do it from there and enter your account details at the very least (on the infected machine again). Whatever it is, it is a minor annoyance and as such, it deserves -1 points. As to Kaspersky, I’ve done what 99.9% of users will do. I’ve opened the site, browsed the menu and clicked “trials and downloads”. I an not obliged to be an encyclopaedia with Kaspersky links. [/QUOTE]

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