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So let's say I want to buy a piece of music. If I go to musescore.com 1. there is no displayed price for the product. 2. There is no purchase button, only a blue button to tell you to take advantage of the sale and a download button. If you click the download button, it appears you are buying the music for $6.49. Literally any piece of music, you are automatically opted into a a yearly subscription. What you initially thought could have been $6.49 charge for your music is actually more than 10x that. By default you are charged 69.99 for yearly subscription that you don't know that you're signing up for. In the attached image below, you'll notice a toggle button. that they have does not explain what it does. It does not encourage you to explore. But if you just happen to randomly click on that toggle button, you'll realize that the price of the music isn't $6.49 The $6.49 are displayed as the default price, but you're not paying $6.49. you're paying $69.99 for the first 3 months and then the price jumps to 84.99 a month. The fact that they force you to subscribe by default is a dark pattern. The fact that they do not display a purchase button and obscure their prices is also quite disconcerning. The amount of accidental purchases because of the Stark pattern have become so frequent that there is a subreddit to show people how to not get charged for a subscription. https://www.reddit.com/r/Musescore/comments/1oim4vj/how_not_to_get_unnecessarily_charged_on/ Also, if you do a search for the Muse sub Reddit you'll see that almost every week there is someone complaining about these practices. I have zero belief that Muse group, the creator of Muse score.com has any interest whatsoever in resolving these issues as it has been a huge financial boon to them.