Same boat, 20 years now with them.

every time you log in, they try to rope you into a paid “upgrade” using the worst UI tricks and dark patterns known to man.

This is true, I once clicked it by accident without noticing, then got a bill in the end of the month. Called the customer service and they happily cancelled it and voided the bill, no issues there.

Conspiracy nonsense is one of my favorite hobbies to the point where I read your first sentence and immediately thought ‘Erich von Däniken!’ and two sentences later he is mentioned, coincidence, I think not!

He is one of my favorite weirdos, humans developing through aliens fucking apes? That’s exactly the kind of freaky shit I’m in to chef’s kiss

Hollow earth is also great.