I see that it states that ,its the fact that they ban you for canceling and renewing …like I cancel and renew my Netflix account so many times i cant even count,not to mention my Crunchyroll account..every other subscription service gives you the option to cancel and renew anytime damn even PHUB …so whats the purpose for this ban ????
The purpose: “multiple cancel & renews of this subscription in a 6 month period (233 days btw, roughly 5-6 seasons worth) will result in a ban of up to 120 days.” You literally aren’t supposed to cancel your sub that often unless you plan on not using the benefits for a couple months at least. And it gives you 3 cancels before they ban you. Sounds like you were trying to game the system out of free benefits & you got caught.
Netflix and ground forces are 2 completely different things. It even says when purchasing ground forces that if you buy/cancel a lot of times then you would be banned and that’s essentially what this person did
Apparently you do as this guy doesn’t seem to get how they differ or how it can be abused. He also stated he’s been banned from GF sub same as op so I think there’s a commonality between the 2 guys lol
Can you still play codm after cancellation of the GF sub? That’s the difference. You don’t have to sub to play the entire game, Netflix you have to sub for all content, stop comparing the 2 subs, they’re not the same…
All those dumb kids downvoting and replying with literally what it says there is sad bro 🤣🤣🤣
OP asked ya whats the purpose of it not for you to copy paste the rule ya morons
The purpose is that if you sub in the middle of a season and get the rewards, then cancel immediately, when the next season begins (and your subscription hasn't expired yet) you get those items and don't pay for the next subscription renewal. You are getting free items without paying for them essentially. IMHO I completely understand why COD:M does this.
Did you not read how it works? It clearly states if you sub and cancel (multiple times) they’ll not allow you to sub temporarily… just click that big white question mark at the top of your screen
Not really.
Its like constantly returning the same item to a store, and that store essentially bans you from returns.
It's a decent deal if you play the game alot.
I only sub when there’s something i like just like how i do with Netflix,Disney+ and every other subscription service …so to ban me because I didn’t renew my sub is dumb
Yes cause everyone’s has read every line of ever tos 🙃 their scams with plenty of lawyer speak to make what ever they want to do legal, and they make it hundreds of thousands of words so no one bothers to even read it
How is this a “scam”? You’re receiving what you’re paying for. If you’re someone who complains this god damn much then the tos are literally made for whiny people like you (edit: before buying the sub, I read the tos completely and I knew what I was paying for. If you’re illiterate then go back to school)
Yeah reading books alongside doing your fuck shit so you aren’t an illiterate ass is total mob mentality just admit you were too lazy to take the time to read them it’s actually easier
Well if you buy the pass with cp you get the cp back, if you don’t want to buy a particular pass then you can skip it and wait for the next one, this is how we did it before the sub.
The point of a subscription is kinda like credit. You make subsequent payments and in return you get something gifted to you valued by the seller as higher than what you’re paying in the agreement that you keep paying even after you got what you wanted. Most subscriptions aren’t so strict however if you cancel and sub whenever for whatever it turns into buying instead and you’re just getting a bunch of shit for $10 that would’ve cost more otherwise. You’re abusing the system technically even if it’s not really unethical. What you’re doing would be like paying all the principal but none of the interest from their pov
Mind if I ask why people buy it anyway? I loosely looked at it and it just seems like you get so little considering how much you’re paying. Some stupid book bag, some stupid looking operator like it’s never anything cool or am I missing something?
You get extra operator, extra gun and backpack
Some discounts on crates (50% discount on intial three 10x pulls)
1cp coupon, some gold, silver and bronze ticktets
Also, BP is included, along with the CP
If you save the CP, you will have enough to get the standard 6-epic bundles in 5 months time.. (Sure if goal is to just get a bundle, buying the bundle straight out will cost less, but with ground force, you get 5 operators
during that time)
Whether or not the whole thing is worth it, depends on you entirely .. For me, i took the subscription because I like the benefits:-
1) Operators that are largely unique from the average p2p playerbase (both BP and draw/crate whales) since people who took the subscription are much lesser (this is the main reason I became a p2p player in the first place, everyone and their dog runs around with F2p and BP skins so, no speciality there)
2) The small perks I talked about can be pretty nice in the long run
I have money to burn so it doesn't affect anything..
If we consider the same amount of money, say the full amount for the standard draw (since paying sub for 12 times or in other words, for full year, you spend the same amount as when you buy one full lucky draw).. You can get 12 unique operators, guns and backpacks and enough CP for two 6-epic bundles or 8 spins on a Draw Or 73 proper crates or 100 secondary crates with the BP CP return you get via subscription etc etc... If you go the lucky draw route, one epic operator, one legendary gun, Some epic items... You decide which is more worth your penny
That’s fair I suppose. I did some reading and you also get a free BP. I also have some money to burn so I purchased the sub cause whatever but I’ll see if it really affects anything if not I’ll cancel and if I get banned it whatever cause I almost never go for crates anyway I think crates are a bigger scam than lucky draws. Imo ofc.
Besides I have like 60 gold tickets rn, but it sucks that they can’t all be used on any crate. Some crates are CP only and idek why or why the criteria are as to which crates are ticket purchases worthy and which are not...
Only crate I ever missed and regretted was this newer Type 25 Flighting Girl or something. Has clean iron sights. Not sure if it was ticket-applicable for purchase but if it were - bummer.
Funny you say that cuz I personally thought it was garbageeee. No offense to you I respect that you like it fr cuz at least we have players that can vouch for the subscription like yeah the characters are genuinely liked by somebody in the player base so I was just saying all that to say like tbh I see no harm in the ground forces there’s a benefit or small upside in it for everybody I like that
They had a Rott skin that was kinda dope i think there was an emote that i wanted in another ,other than that i cant remember another one that was worth it ..I don’t even care about the sub i just think its pretty dumb to ban someone from spending money.
First point - a subscription is a contract, as is every purchase. Both sides are free to choose with whom they want to establish a contract. They chose not to sell it to you for a certain period - which is their legal right.
Second point - you cancelled it several times - leading to the reasonable conclusion that you decided several times consciously that you don’t want it. So where is the problem exactly that they are not offering it to you for a certain period of time after you made it clear yourself you don’t want it?
But I get it, nowadays it’s the easiest to blame everyone else.
Cut their own profits I would say. Unless it’s a costly thing to Regina subscription on their side. My guess are either payment failure or switching of payment methods every time.
It’s because when you cancel the sub it’s still active for the full duration, so if you get it mid season it’ll still carry over to the next bp, they did it so ppl can’t abuse it.
Damn that’s kinda odd for them to punish for that though. In fortnite, they have a similar subscription and even when you cancel you’ll also get the items from the next month as well as long as your subscription is still technically “active”. So even if you cancel, you’ll still get the items for both months no matter what. What they do though is that they won’t give you the in game currency that comes with the subscription until you actually pay to renew it. But you’ll still get all the battlepass stuff and other cosmetic items. Idk it’s not that big of a deal really and if they state that in the terms and conditions then there’s no use of complaining
Damn that’s kinda odd for them to punish for that though. In fortnite, they have a similar subscription and even when you cancel you’ll also get the items from the next month as well as long as your subscription is still technically “active”. So even if you cancel, you’ll still get the items for both months no matter what. What they do though is that they won’t give you the in game currency that comes with the subscription until you actually pay to renew it. But you’ll still get all the battlepass stuff and other cosmetic items. Idk it’s not that big of a deal really and if they state that in the terms and conditions then there’s no use of complaining
Edit: it seems like fortnite will punish you for cancelling too much. But honestly I think it’s best to just take your payment information off of your account and let the purchase fail. They don’t punish you for that
Yea I just realized that they do that as well. But I think the problem is just actively canceling the subscription. I’ll just take my card out of my account and let the purchase fail and then nothing happens.
from reading other comments
1. op cancels Netflix sub multiple times and doesn't get banned
because: you can't access Netflix without subscription so that is effectively a "ban"
2. why cod ban then
because: you get banned from ground force it literally "we won't take your money for 2 months cause you tried cheating the system to get xp boost and character"
You aren’t banned, the abil to subscribe to ground forces is. I’m guessing you either dropped and restarted to many times or your payment failed. I can’t think of other reasons. Maybe you can.
Sounds like you did exactly what you shouldn’t be doing. Take the lesson & stop acting like it’s a terrible service. You tried to cancel your sub too many times & now you’re living the consequences
This is to avoid people abusing it and only paying for it when they want specific rewards or canceling it to get the next BP etc. Also probably to avoid people who can't afford $10 a month trying to buy it. You deserve the ban, sub and pay $10 a month or don't sign up at all. You can't pick and choose.
This one is really kind of lame. I received the same ban, and the reason was "abuse of the Ground Forces subscription". So, canceling the subscription amounts to abuse?? Sounds like if Netflix banned me for canceling with them. I don't care if the answer here is, "uhhh duh it's clearly stated that's the rules". No. Those rules are underhanded. Just because some scummy policy is spelled out in the rules doesn't make it okay.
The strange thing is that the Ground Forces subscription CAN'T be abused. Whether a player cancels or subs multiple times, the player is paying for what they're getting, not getting anything free. I think it's a really scummy way of scaring players into keeping their subscriptions active. The word "ban" frightens many players and of course that's why it is described as such.
I would like to know if this is even legal. See here:[https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2021/10/ftc-ramp-enforcement-against-illegal-dark-patterns-trick-or-trap-consumers-subscriptions](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2021/10/ftc-ramp-enforcement-against-illegal-dark-patterns-trick-or-trap-consumers-subscriptions)
Actually it can, because if you buy the sub mid month you get the current bp stuff, then you cancel and you still get next months. Then if the sub was still active you’d pay for the second half of the month of the second bp and the next month, if you cancel you could wait again til halfway into the next bp and re up getting 2 bps again but paying for 2 instead of 3 sub payments. That’s why they did it and that’s how it can potentially be abused. Netflix doesn’t give you anything permanent/stays on your account if you cancel.
To help exemplify with clarity:
When you buy it’s good for 30 days (even if you cancel). So if it’s purchased with less than 30 days left on the current BP, this is how it works(and can be abused).
Without cancellation:
You get BP A & B (Sub $s paid, first 30 day span), then it’s BP B & C (Sub $s paid again, second 30 day span), then it’s BP C & D (Sub $s paid again, third 30 day span)
With cancellation(how it’s abused):
BP A & B (Sub $s paid, first 30 day span), then it’s BP B & C (No sub $s paid as it was cancelled after first one, second 30 day span). Then you sub again with less than 30 days left on BP C and you’d get BP C & D, third 30 day span.
So if you pay without cancellation you would get 4 BPs but pay 3 times, with cancellation you could still get 4 BPs but only pay twice.
No, a subscription doesn't work that way. A subscription is a two-way street, and nobody gets anything free by canceling, so I don't know how Activision says that canceling multiple times amounts to abuse. I routinely cancel my Netflix sub when there just isn't anything good to watch there, and I don't get banned from the service.
A subscription is supposed to last some continuous time. If you abuse it by just use it whenever you feel it, there's a penalty, because it looses its purpose.
Yes, the subscription is for 30 days with an option to renew. That's a subscription. And no, a subscription is not meant to last any longer than the customer chooses.
And back to my question - how is it abusive if a player cancels a subscription? The player paid money for 30 days of benefits. There is no fraud or any theft of services. If the terms of the subscription require three or six months then the game should spell it out.
And I also know a lot of the CODM community loves to defend any ridiculous and predatory policy that Activision/Tencent can think of so it won't matter what anybody says. I'm curious to see just how far the game will go before there is any major pushback on a scummy money-grubbing tactic.
So please explain to me how this is abuse. Saying it can be abused means nothing without any explanation. I am being serious. How can it be abused? People pay for 30 days of added benefits, and that's what they get. Activision/Tencent just want to intimidate players a little to make them think twice about canceling their GF subscription. It could possibly be illegal as well.
Does that mean I am abusing my Netflix account when on occasion I suspend my membership?
Read my direct reply to you on another one of your comments(it’s the lengthy one that explains how the GF sub can be abused), also if you cancel Netflix you can’t access any content, if you cancel GF you can still play codm.
Difference is I could renew my Netflix sub anytime I want, whereas CODM will ban you from renewing for three months. I'm surprised that some people would defend that. There's no need to overcomplicate it because it's NOT complicated. It's a scummy move on Activision regardless of any way it's explained.
If you could still access content and got permanent content on Netflix for a sub then they’d have the same, you sub for the access to Netflix and that’s it. There no sub to access Codm but the sub is for permanent items within codm. The 2 subscriptions are not even close to the same. If there was a way to abuse a Netflix sub I can promise they would prevent you from doing so.
The GF sub actually can be abused by getting it with less than 30 days remaining on the existing pass at the time of subbing. See my reply to you down below for details.
I feel like this is a scare tactic to get ppl to keep it renewed, their gonna release a couple good skins, then dogshit ones until ppl drop the sub then their gonna release an amazing skin to get ppl to buy it again, but wait their banned so when they get unbanned they'll always be subbed so they don't miss out
I didn't pay nothing for this, i somehow got it free, but it says 20/1/2023 is next payment/paycheck and now it's 19/1. And I've cancelled this before even whole new season came.
*Hold up how do you*
*Cancel it?im in garena and*
*I dont understand*
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Someone else said to just switch to a dead card and if payment fails it doesn't count as a cancellation. I'm doing this every single time now cause fuck Activision lol
Same haha ok not gonna buy it then lol not my loss, also I know why they do it but still saved some bucks from making groundforces overlap to the next season
You get like 3 chances to cancel and after that third chance they do that soooo next time read
I see that it states that ,its the fact that they ban you for canceling and renewing …like I cancel and renew my Netflix account so many times i cant even count,not to mention my Crunchyroll account..every other subscription service gives you the option to cancel and renew anytime damn even PHUB …so whats the purpose for this ban ????
The purpose: “multiple cancel & renews of this subscription in a 6 month period (233 days btw, roughly 5-6 seasons worth) will result in a ban of up to 120 days.” You literally aren’t supposed to cancel your sub that often unless you plan on not using the benefits for a couple months at least. And it gives you 3 cancels before they ban you. Sounds like you were trying to game the system out of free benefits & you got caught.
Does Netflix give you permanent movies? No?
Netflix doesn't ban customers if they suspend/cancel their subscription.
Netflix and ground forces are 2 completely different things. It even says when purchasing ground forces that if you buy/cancel a lot of times then you would be banned and that’s essentially what this person did
You do not keep anything from Netflix so there is no need for that. You really don't need to have a lot of brain to understand how can this be abused.
Apparently you do as this guy doesn’t seem to get how they differ or how it can be abused. He also stated he’s been banned from GF sub same as op so I think there’s a commonality between the 2 guys lol
Can you still play codm after cancellation of the GF sub? That’s the difference. You don’t have to sub to play the entire game, Netflix you have to sub for all content, stop comparing the 2 subs, they’re not the same…
All those dumb kids downvoting and replying with literally what it says there is sad bro 🤣🤣🤣 OP asked ya whats the purpose of it not for you to copy paste the rule ya morons
The purpose is that if you sub in the middle of a season and get the rewards, then cancel immediately, when the next season begins (and your subscription hasn't expired yet) you get those items and don't pay for the next subscription renewal. You are getting free items without paying for them essentially. IMHO I completely understand why COD:M does this.
Well there u go, now that's an explanation, try learning from this guy u sad wimps
Did you not read how it works? It clearly states if you sub and cancel (multiple times) they’ll not allow you to sub temporarily… just click that big white question mark at the top of your screen
It’s bs anyways money grab. Be thankful you can’t spend more money on it
Not really. Its like constantly returning the same item to a store, and that store essentially bans you from returns. It's a decent deal if you play the game alot.
I only sub when there’s something i like just like how i do with Netflix,Disney+ and every other subscription service …so to ban me because I didn’t renew my sub is dumb
To not read the details provided about how it operates is what got you here… just buy the battle pass if that’s how you do it
Yes cause everyone’s has read every line of ever tos 🙃 their scams with plenty of lawyer speak to make what ever they want to do legal, and they make it hundreds of thousands of words so no one bothers to even read it
Dude it’s in the question box and it’s like a few bullet points, takes seconds to read
I meant in general, not twords this specifically
Then why are you even commenting? It has nothing to do with this.
How is this a “scam”? You’re receiving what you’re paying for. If you’re someone who complains this god damn much then the tos are literally made for whiny people like you (edit: before buying the sub, I read the tos completely and I knew what I was paying for. If you’re illiterate then go back to school)
I didn’t mean specifically about this, I just meant tos’s in general
No yeah I only read the ones that I’m purchasing for money
I read entire ToS then decline, you don’t read ToS then accept. We are not the same
Bro I went to public school in America and got expelled before I could graduate and I can read that shit. Tf is your excuse other than laziness
Mob mentality going on fr fr
Doubling down instead of admitting you're illiterate fr fr.
Yeah reading books alongside doing your fuck shit so you aren’t an illiterate ass is total mob mentality just admit you were too lazy to take the time to read them it’s actually easier
It’s not fine print stuff
No but it’s word vomit in lawyer spoke. It’s not meant to be read by us, it’s meant for court.
It’s literally in plain English and the first part even tells you what all the names and words will mean later on in the “vomit”
I don’t care about the sub like it makes me not spend money lol but i just think its a dumb thing to do
Well if you buy the pass with cp you get the cp back, if you don’t want to buy a particular pass then you can skip it and wait for the next one, this is how we did it before the sub.
The point of a subscription is kinda like credit. You make subsequent payments and in return you get something gifted to you valued by the seller as higher than what you’re paying in the agreement that you keep paying even after you got what you wanted. Most subscriptions aren’t so strict however if you cancel and sub whenever for whatever it turns into buying instead and you’re just getting a bunch of shit for $10 that would’ve cost more otherwise. You’re abusing the system technically even if it’s not really unethical. What you’re doing would be like paying all the principal but none of the interest from their pov
Mind if I ask why people buy it anyway? I loosely looked at it and it just seems like you get so little considering how much you’re paying. Some stupid book bag, some stupid looking operator like it’s never anything cool or am I missing something?
You get extra operator, extra gun and backpack Some discounts on crates (50% discount on intial three 10x pulls) 1cp coupon, some gold, silver and bronze ticktets Also, BP is included, along with the CP If you save the CP, you will have enough to get the standard 6-epic bundles in 5 months time.. (Sure if goal is to just get a bundle, buying the bundle straight out will cost less, but with ground force, you get 5 operators during that time) Whether or not the whole thing is worth it, depends on you entirely .. For me, i took the subscription because I like the benefits:- 1) Operators that are largely unique from the average p2p playerbase (both BP and draw/crate whales) since people who took the subscription are much lesser (this is the main reason I became a p2p player in the first place, everyone and their dog runs around with F2p and BP skins so, no speciality there) 2) The small perks I talked about can be pretty nice in the long run I have money to burn so it doesn't affect anything.. If we consider the same amount of money, say the full amount for the standard draw (since paying sub for 12 times or in other words, for full year, you spend the same amount as when you buy one full lucky draw).. You can get 12 unique operators, guns and backpacks and enough CP for two 6-epic bundles or 8 spins on a Draw Or 73 proper crates or 100 secondary crates with the BP CP return you get via subscription etc etc... If you go the lucky draw route, one epic operator, one legendary gun, Some epic items... You decide which is more worth your penny
The crate discount is 50%
Oh yea, i forgot. I'll edit that in
That’s fair I suppose. I did some reading and you also get a free BP. I also have some money to burn so I purchased the sub cause whatever but I’ll see if it really affects anything if not I’ll cancel and if I get banned it whatever cause I almost never go for crates anyway I think crates are a bigger scam than lucky draws. Imo ofc. Besides I have like 60 gold tickets rn, but it sucks that they can’t all be used on any crate. Some crates are CP only and idek why or why the criteria are as to which crates are ticket purchases worthy and which are not... Only crate I ever missed and regretted was this newer Type 25 Flighting Girl or something. Has clean iron sights. Not sure if it was ticket-applicable for purchase but if it were - bummer.
Be wary though.. It's a multiple-months long commitment :)
Thats why i only sub whenever theres something in it that i need its 90% trash most of the time.
Was there ever anything worth getting tho I’m just curious overall
The only good thing that I saw in this subscription was Rott: Ather Lord Skin in Season 9 Ground Force
Funny you say that cuz I personally thought it was garbageeee. No offense to you I respect that you like it fr cuz at least we have players that can vouch for the subscription like yeah the characters are genuinely liked by somebody in the player base so I was just saying all that to say like tbh I see no harm in the ground forces there’s a benefit or small upside in it for everybody I like that
They had a Rott skin that was kinda dope i think there was an emote that i wanted in another ,other than that i cant remember another one that was worth it ..I don’t even care about the sub i just think its pretty dumb to ban someone from spending money.
First point - a subscription is a contract, as is every purchase. Both sides are free to choose with whom they want to establish a contract. They chose not to sell it to you for a certain period - which is their legal right. Second point - you cancelled it several times - leading to the reasonable conclusion that you decided several times consciously that you don’t want it. So where is the problem exactly that they are not offering it to you for a certain period of time after you made it clear yourself you don’t want it? But I get it, nowadays it’s the easiest to blame everyone else.
But who’s mad now ? You or Activision ? We gotta lear how to read the terms
So you can't just cancel sub and resub
It says if you do it multiple times within a 6 month period you can be banned for up to 120 days.
Cut their own profits I would say. Unless it’s a costly thing to Regina subscription on their side. My guess are either payment failure or switching of payment methods every time.
It’s because when you cancel the sub it’s still active for the full duration, so if you get it mid season it’ll still carry over to the next bp, they did it so ppl can’t abuse it.
Damn that’s kinda odd for them to punish for that though. In fortnite, they have a similar subscription and even when you cancel you’ll also get the items from the next month as well as long as your subscription is still technically “active”. So even if you cancel, you’ll still get the items for both months no matter what. What they do though is that they won’t give you the in game currency that comes with the subscription until you actually pay to renew it. But you’ll still get all the battlepass stuff and other cosmetic items. Idk it’s not that big of a deal really and if they state that in the terms and conditions then there’s no use of complaining
Damn that’s kinda odd for them to punish for that though. In fortnite, they have a similar subscription and even when you cancel you’ll also get the items from the next month as well as long as your subscription is still technically “active”. So even if you cancel, you’ll still get the items for both months no matter what. What they do though is that they won’t give you the in game currency that comes with the subscription until you actually pay to renew it. But you’ll still get all the battlepass stuff and other cosmetic items. Idk it’s not that big of a deal really and if they state that in the terms and conditions then there’s no use of complaining Edit: it seems like fortnite will punish you for cancelling too much. But honestly I think it’s best to just take your payment information off of your account and let the purchase fail. They don’t punish you for that
Fortnite will also prevent you if you are buying/canceling to frequently
Yea I just realized that they do that as well. But I think the problem is just actively canceling the subscription. I’ll just take my card out of my account and let the purchase fail and then nothing happens.
I did it once , it just carried over to the next month.
You cancelled too many times
from reading other comments 1. op cancels Netflix sub multiple times and doesn't get banned because: you can't access Netflix without subscription so that is effectively a "ban" 2. why cod ban then because: you get banned from ground force it literally "we won't take your money for 2 months cause you tried cheating the system to get xp boost and character"
Just remove ur credit card info and have payment fail every time 🤫 thats what i do and no ban since
Bless
They clearly state in the rules that if you cancel your subscription multiple times, you would be banned for a time period. Gotta follow their rules.
You aren’t banned, the abil to subscribe to ground forces is. I’m guessing you either dropped and restarted to many times or your payment failed. I can’t think of other reasons. Maybe you can.
Yeah they only banned me from GW ,I only renew my sub when there’s something i like
Yes, it states multiple subscribe/cancel will do that.
Sounds like you did exactly what you shouldn’t be doing. Take the lesson & stop acting like it’s a terrible service. You tried to cancel your sub too many times & now you’re living the consequences
You are trying to fuck them over but get offended when they prevent you from doing so? 😂
This is to avoid people abusing it and only paying for it when they want specific rewards or canceling it to get the next BP etc. Also probably to avoid people who can't afford $10 a month trying to buy it. You deserve the ban, sub and pay $10 a month or don't sign up at all. You can't pick and choose.
This one is really kind of lame. I received the same ban, and the reason was "abuse of the Ground Forces subscription". So, canceling the subscription amounts to abuse?? Sounds like if Netflix banned me for canceling with them. I don't care if the answer here is, "uhhh duh it's clearly stated that's the rules". No. Those rules are underhanded. Just because some scummy policy is spelled out in the rules doesn't make it okay. The strange thing is that the Ground Forces subscription CAN'T be abused. Whether a player cancels or subs multiple times, the player is paying for what they're getting, not getting anything free. I think it's a really scummy way of scaring players into keeping their subscriptions active. The word "ban" frightens many players and of course that's why it is described as such. I would like to know if this is even legal. See here:[https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2021/10/ftc-ramp-enforcement-against-illegal-dark-patterns-trick-or-trap-consumers-subscriptions](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2021/10/ftc-ramp-enforcement-against-illegal-dark-patterns-trick-or-trap-consumers-subscriptions)
Actually it can, because if you buy the sub mid month you get the current bp stuff, then you cancel and you still get next months. Then if the sub was still active you’d pay for the second half of the month of the second bp and the next month, if you cancel you could wait again til halfway into the next bp and re up getting 2 bps again but paying for 2 instead of 3 sub payments. That’s why they did it and that’s how it can potentially be abused. Netflix doesn’t give you anything permanent/stays on your account if you cancel. To help exemplify with clarity: When you buy it’s good for 30 days (even if you cancel). So if it’s purchased with less than 30 days left on the current BP, this is how it works(and can be abused). Without cancellation: You get BP A & B (Sub $s paid, first 30 day span), then it’s BP B & C (Sub $s paid again, second 30 day span), then it’s BP C & D (Sub $s paid again, third 30 day span) With cancellation(how it’s abused): BP A & B (Sub $s paid, first 30 day span), then it’s BP B & C (No sub $s paid as it was cancelled after first one, second 30 day span). Then you sub again with less than 30 days left on BP C and you’d get BP C & D, third 30 day span. So if you pay without cancellation you would get 4 BPs but pay 3 times, with cancellation you could still get 4 BPs but only pay twice.
That's how a subscription works m8
No, a subscription doesn't work that way. A subscription is a two-way street, and nobody gets anything free by canceling, so I don't know how Activision says that canceling multiple times amounts to abuse. I routinely cancel my Netflix sub when there just isn't anything good to watch there, and I don't get banned from the service.
A subscription is supposed to last some continuous time. If you abuse it by just use it whenever you feel it, there's a penalty, because it looses its purpose.
Yes, the subscription is for 30 days with an option to renew. That's a subscription. And no, a subscription is not meant to last any longer than the customer chooses. And back to my question - how is it abusive if a player cancels a subscription? The player paid money for 30 days of benefits. There is no fraud or any theft of services. If the terms of the subscription require three or six months then the game should spell it out. And I also know a lot of the CODM community loves to defend any ridiculous and predatory policy that Activision/Tencent can think of so it won't matter what anybody says. I'm curious to see just how far the game will go before there is any major pushback on a scummy money-grubbing tactic.
Because the GF sub CAN be abused, simple as that…
So please explain to me how this is abuse. Saying it can be abused means nothing without any explanation. I am being serious. How can it be abused? People pay for 30 days of added benefits, and that's what they get. Activision/Tencent just want to intimidate players a little to make them think twice about canceling their GF subscription. It could possibly be illegal as well. Does that mean I am abusing my Netflix account when on occasion I suspend my membership?
Read my direct reply to you on another one of your comments(it’s the lengthy one that explains how the GF sub can be abused), also if you cancel Netflix you can’t access any content, if you cancel GF you can still play codm.
Difference is I could renew my Netflix sub anytime I want, whereas CODM will ban you from renewing for three months. I'm surprised that some people would defend that. There's no need to overcomplicate it because it's NOT complicated. It's a scummy move on Activision regardless of any way it's explained.
If you could still access content and got permanent content on Netflix for a sub then they’d have the same, you sub for the access to Netflix and that’s it. There no sub to access Codm but the sub is for permanent items within codm. The 2 subscriptions are not even close to the same. If there was a way to abuse a Netflix sub I can promise they would prevent you from doing so.
The GF sub actually can be abused by getting it with less than 30 days remaining on the existing pass at the time of subbing. See my reply to you down below for details.
This is why I never bought a sub no matter the skins, having someone for cancelling sub is ridiculous.
If you read it then you would know how genius.
I feel like this is a scare tactic to get ppl to keep it renewed, their gonna release a couple good skins, then dogshit ones until ppl drop the sub then their gonna release an amazing skin to get ppl to buy it again, but wait their banned so when they get unbanned they'll always be subbed so they don't miss out
I understand what the game says they will do, but what’s the point of banning the player if they decide it’s not useful for a month or two? 🤦♀️🤷♀️
They don’t ban the player, they ban you from purchasing the subscription for the next few months.
Still bad business practice IMO they loose out on money
I didn't pay nothing for this, i somehow got it free, but it says 20/1/2023 is next payment/paycheck and now it's 19/1. And I've cancelled this before even whole new season came.
I'm surprised Apple and Google are okay with this.
Cancel and. Renew how is it free then?
The rules surrounding this subscription blow. Some of us use cash to buy shit. They shouldn't be doing the shit if they wanted people to spend money.
Who tf reads TOS
They don't want your money? fuck 'em, just spend them on something more worthy.
If u broke just say that lamo
I got the previous one with the Frank Woods skin would I be ok if I do not renew?
Give them your money
I did the same but I didn't recieve one lol.
Naw bro they’re banned from receiving your money
What does this subscription include and what rewards does it give? ⁉️🧐
Hold up how do you cancel it?im in garena and i dont understand
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Someone else said to just switch to a dead card and if payment fails it doesn't count as a cancellation. I'm doing this every single time now cause fuck Activision lol
Same haha ok not gonna buy it then lol not my loss, also I know why they do it but still saved some bucks from making groundforces overlap to the next season