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David H.78
9 days agoExplorer | Level 4
I find the "I don't like to save" insulting, when asked to switch to the yearly plan.
Its amazing that companies can be so messed up and have such contempt for their paying users that think insulting them with "shaming messages" is an effective strategy. It's bad enough endlessly popp...
David H.78
8 days agoExplorer | Level 4
To elaborate, when I log in to Dropbox on the web, I am often greeted by a pop-up that tries to convince me to pay annually. The messages used to be incessant which was irritating enough, though they seem less frequent now. The only two options to dismiss the pop-up are to switch to annual billing, or click an insulting text link that says "no thanks, I don't like to save money".
David H.78 wrote:Commonly referred to as "manipulinks", the practice is one of the more offensive marketing tactics out there, it's detailed here.
I know - which is why I was asking for a screenshot as the one I get asks me to upgrade to Business but doesn't have any of that 'blurb' you were on about - hence interested in seeing the differences in it!
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