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  The real kicker is when they don't let you remove your data. I recently accidentally installed Norton and when I went to uninstall it the help guide to remove all my data was just a broken link. (Context)
context: I'm pretty sure this is not an unpopular opinion. >
  
  Yeah but how else will they keep all your information? >
  
  This should be absolutely true for subscription services. I hate having to go through a bunch of menus then a tech forum that just takes me to Google settings just to not want a service anymore. >
  
  Drives me nuts that I can't delete a sub on my prime video account from the app. I don't have a desktop or laptop so it pains me to figure out how to get to the proper website to cancel the damn sub. 
  Also, why can I subscribe from my firestick but can't unsubscribe from it? >
  
  piracy is a lot less expensive, less hassle, less of a time investment. That service is taking your money and fucking with you, they deserve to lose you as a customer. 
  I recommend a seedbox service so you don't download anything directly from your IP address. It's like $5 a month. >
  
  Please explain to me why this would be unpopular. >
  
  Unpopular Opinion: Racist is bad. >
  
  Or stupid opinion:We should require people not be be racist. How do you enforce this? >
  
  I'm pretty sure this is not an unpopular opinion. >
  
  You mean the average person isn't advocating for hard to close accounts? >
  
  I am, I like a challenge! /s >
  
  A little pro tip here about deleting your reddit account. Don't just hit the delete button, you should go through and delete all of your posts and comments. Here's how
  Go to your account on old reddit. Use RES to enable infinite scroll. Scroll all the way to the bottom of your previous comments/posts (the overview section of your profile. Hit ctrl + shift + J to open the console. Paste this code and let it go to work. (reddit comments are hard to format properly so every time I right [TAB] replace it with a single press of tab after you paste it) 
  var $domNodeToIterateOver = $('.del-button .option .yes'),
  [TAB]currentTime = 0, 
  [TAB]timeInterval = 400;
  $domNodeToIterateOver.each(function() {
  [TAB]var _this = $(this);
  [TAB]currentTime = currentTime + timeInterval;
  [TAB]setTimeout(function() {
  [TAB]_this.click();
  [TAB]}, currentTime);
  });
  The "timeInterval" value is the number in milliseconds between each deletion, if you go below 400 it will not actually successfully delete your posts (for you the minimum for successful deletion might be different for me it is 350-400). Refresh the page after it says everything is deleted and make sure that it is all deleted. >
  
  Technical question. This is JS, can you just not not put in the TABs. I don't think whoever is using it will need to properly read it. >
  
  Yeah he could also put it inside a code block for easy copying.
  Code that is
  Indented >
  
  I always have problems formatting code in hypertext. I know there's probably a comprehensive guide somewhere but I'd let thst pass >
  
  Are you sure you want to delete your account?
  Look at all the nice benefits you're missing.
  [KEEP MY BENEFITS]    [don't keep my benefits]
  Oh, you don't want to keep your benefits? What if we offer you half the price for the first coming month?
  [YES, TAKE THIS MARVELOUS OFFER]    [don't take the offer]
  You don't take the offer? Then I guess there's nothing left we can say. But don't worry, cause we'll keep your data stored for over a year, so if you decide you come back, we still have all your stuff.
  [unsubscribe]
  Technical error: please contact customer support during working hours. >
  
  [working hours] 
  6am-7:43am >
  
  One Wednesday a month. >
  
  Calls at exactly 6am
  "Sorry we're experiencing large call volume at this moment, please call back later" >
  
  Yeah but how else will they keep all your information? >
  
  Cookies? >
  
  Ooh, cookies? don’t mind if I do >
  
  Everyone agrees. It's a popular opinion. But how do we make the rich robots do it? >
  
  Instagrams is fucking impossible to delete your account, it’s tempting to just abandon it.    
  If there is a company that I wish ruin upon is Meta, hope they keep burning money on that useless metaverse bullshit and that pro privacy laws destroy their earnings. >
  
  I despise that Instagram and Facebook make you schedule the deletion of your account. It's fucking absurd. >
  
  They make it hard to delete the accounts on purpose btw >
  
  No, I like it when it's hard to delete my account. 
  Lmao. Awful post. >
  
  Why’s it an awful post? They make it super easy to sign up but next to impossible to cancel. >
  
  It is an awful post due to it not being an unpopular opinion. >
  
  I also heard that despite You make a demand (that is enforced by law) to not keep Your data, Facebook still does keep Your data after You delete the account.
  Companies, including these on websites, are doing everything to scam, deceive and just straight up lie. These are not exaggeration. They would make You feel like You doing something, but often You are doing something else. They hide the most important information, because they know people won't find them. They also do everything to make it harder to do something that is beneficial to the user/customer. Like mentioned account removal. Humble Bundle have like 3 steps to pause Your subscription. And first two steps have "continue to pause" as blue button, while the last step has blue button that completely negates the process of pausing the subscription, just so people don't realize they do. Also some people have paused subscription and it still take money from them anyway and sometimes they refuse to just give the stolen money back. Electronic Arts is a scammer on its own. Their games rarely run. And if they do, they have tons of issues like crashes and freezes. These problems only exist when You use their launcher. The same games on Steam never have any issues and if they do, it's game issue, not launcher issue, which means that the game was done that way and launcher won't have anything to say.
  That's today's reality. Companies uses people like objects to make money. >
  
  I’ll do you one better. If you don’t access your account within a year you should get a couple of texts or emails and it should delete itself. >
  
  Not an unpopular opinion, but if you do want to delete an account you can usually just google delete x account and it gives a direct link to the deletion page >
  
  Just google how to delete it on such n such website, usually works. >
  
  I don't think this is unpopular, it's the same with subscriptions, I tried to cancel my PSN subscription and I got re-directed to 3 different pages and still had to do some searching before I could cancel it >
  
  NEVER link your card - only ever use the cash cards from the store, that way when it runs out it just runs out. >
  
  There is no way in hell this is unpopular. What consumer sits around and actively opposes this? >
  
  Not sure this is an unpopular opinion.
  In a similar vein, all subscription services that allow you to sign up on their website, should be requried to allow you to cancel on their website in the same way you signed up! >
  
  I couldn’t agree more. As a side note, subscription services that let you register in 60 seconds online but you can only cancel by phone after waiting on hold for 60 minutes should be illegal. >
  
  Unpopular opinions is just popular opinions >
  
  Not an unpopular opinion. >
  
  Required huh >
  
  amazon prime is the worst for this, you have to go through so many diffent menus to delete your acount, the good bit though is you have got a couple of days to delete after paying and you get a full refund, now everytime i want to whatch a movie i pay for a month, whatch the movie and then delete the acount and get a full refund, so take that amazon, i have gamed your system >
  
  Related.
  I hate the question about cookies, if you don't want any you have to click extra, possibly be outthrown from the exact webpage, etc.
  It's horrible. >
  
  This is a ridiculously popular opinion >
  
  They should, but they specifically complicates the process to make it look like they have more active users than they do. This is especially true for websites that are are predicted to grow in unpopularity. >
  
  Good news at least partially. Apple requires this already.
  "App Store Review Guideline 5.1. 1 provides people with greater control over their personal data by stating that all apps that allow for account creation must also allow users to initiate deletion of their account from within the app. This requirement was set to apply to all app submissions by January 31, 2022." >
  
  I think there should be a rule that OP describes why they think an opinion is unpopular >
  
  You guys are literal idiots. How is this the first post i see today in this sub? It's called UNPOPULAR opinion. Really nothing against op here. But how can you morons even think about liking this post? All of you liked because you agree with ops opinion (what i absolutely do myself). But guess what, that's not how you're supposed to vote in this sub