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fleeceware

Genuine tech/business term for predatory app billing practice

A mobile app, typically for the Android operating system, whose sole purpose appears to be to severely overcharge users of fee-based or subscription mobile apps after the trial period ends. When the trial expires, if the user who downloads and installs one of these apps hasn’t BOTH uninstalled the application AND informed the developer that they do not wish to continue to use the app, the app developer charges the user comparatively excessive fees.

I discovered that the QR Code reader app "pro version" I installed on my S10 is fleeceware after I got a $300 charge on my credit card two months past a thirty-day free trial.

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fleeceware in textile production

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