[mdaniel]

An admirable tactic, but a lot of services can spot those virtual cards because they "identify" as if they are pre-paid (and maybe they are in the backend, I dunno). Same trick as using Google Voice number for SMS/phone: it identifies as VoIP and more than a few sites give me the "hey, what are you trying to pull giving us a number we can't spam endlessly?!"

[evandale]

When I see those tactics I imagine the company throwing a full screen seizure inducing modal window with a red background and lime text of all their 1 star reviews and search for a new product.

[mdaniel]

I long for a day when customers get to exclusively vote with their wallet/eyeballs and we're not held hostage by the network effect and/or similar gatekeeping tactics