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Forced to give information for free trial

Company

airSlate, Inc.

Date

Oct 27, 2023

Industry

Software

Description

pdfFiller, an app on Android by airSlate, allows you to sign and fill out PDF files. However, it is not until finishing the first document that the user is prompted they must create an account. Yet further, after creating the account, it is shown that to send out or even save the completed document that the user must pay a subscription fee. The lowest tier offered even denies the option to fill out forms and thus requires the middle or highest payment tier. A free trial is offered, but still asks for CC info to start. I was just looking for an app to simply fill out a PDF form, then save it or email it. It is not a task complicated enough to warrant a subscription fee, so to see a payment screen at the end of filling in my document was a vast waste of time.

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