Launch HN: Inflow (YC S21) – Self-help app for people with ADHD
Many of the reviews of the Android app are quite critical of the trial and payment model, for example:<p>&gt; <i>CAUTION: After the free trial period (7 days), they will charge for an annual subscription ($102.95 US). This is OPT OUT, not opt in. In other reviews they say they will offer a refund (I will update when&#x2F;if I get one) but for an app for people with executive function issues, an opt out format seems shady. Either way, I won&#x27;t be purchasing this for my loved one with the opt out format for payment.</i><p>&gt; <i>They exploit the same vulnerability of the patients, they aim to cure! They take you in confidence and then charge you after the trial ends. ADHD folks forget things all the time and it&#x27;s a challenge for them. An email reminder is not going to cut it. We have thousands of emails in our inbox. This is profiteering from the mental disability of others. Stay away. A pro-rata charge is a fairer policy for ADHD folks. Any ADHD book will be more useful for what is presented in this app anyway.</i><p>&gt; <i>Requires payment to be set up to use free trial... Seems a bit predatory on a mental health app for ADHD brains... We tend to forget things like canceling memberships. And of course they only tell you once you have wasted time making an account. SMH</i><p>&gt; <i>Why do you need a credit card to do a 7 day free trial? Why don&#x27;t you take my card number if I want to continue after the 7 days? What if I forget to cancel, and forget to request refund? I see what you did there</i><p>Sounds like they&#x27;re all making some very relevant points about the app payment model potentially exploiting the ADHD deficit in executive functioning, and the tendency of people with ADHD to unintentionally forget things like subscriptions and bill payments. How do you respond to these critiques?