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		meibo on April 30, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Intelligent Timing Lock Sleep for Android (a popular sleep tracker/analyzer) allows you to "pay in" a small amount of money, like $5-15 per user choice via in-app purchases, that is lost as a donation to the developers if the set goal wasn't reached and refunded otherwise. I thought that was a pretty clever way to go about it, I know people do a lot for $5!

ludamad on April 30, 2021 [–]

Isn't someone who feels the product didn't help their self control just going to hit the refund button?

lstodd on April 30, 2021 | [–]

I think the point is that there is no refund button.

viraptor on April 30, 2021 | | [–]

If the app doesn't have a refund button, your card provider does. Actually, especially if the app doesn't.

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