Fees, subscriptions, friction or worse defaults tilt the product toward extraction.

What you can do

Check an app-store subscription list as well as the app itself. Save the offer screen and cancellation confirmation when a social app asks for payment.

The evidence

Case file 34 · April 2026A fake message became a paid answer.US regulators say NGL used messages that appeared to come from real people to steer users into paid subscriptions, then charged some users recurring weekly fees they did not expect.1 source · Read the case file →

Other subscription records