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LinkedIn: How to cancel LinkedIn Premium subscription?

Author
HallOfShame.Design
Date
23 Sept 2024
Publisher
HallOfShame.Design

Linkedin makes it difficult for users to cancel their subscriptions.

“Canceling a subscription should be easy. But often, it’s not. The user experience design that promises ease and transparency can sometimes serve other purposes, like making it harder to cancel a service.

Let’s take a look at LinkedIn’s Premium cancellation flow. On the surface, it seems to guide users through the process clearly enough, but in reality, these are layers of manipulation on each screen of the flow. Here’s what happens at each step of the process.”