I suspect there are many interfaces that would reject this number, as it's not a visa, master card or amex (which start with a 4, 5 and 3 respectively).
5105105105105100 and 4111111111111111 might be better alternatives (other test numbers that also pass the luhn check).
And when using email addresses to test your software always use [something]@test.com instead of [whatevs]@example.com because the people at test.com love getting your random test data.
Thanks for the tip, that may be useful in the future!
I ended up using my bank's "virtual credit card" service to create a virtual CC with a balance of 1 SEK to get rid of my Uber account. Anyway, I think this is shameful of them.
I would be ashamed of this practice if I worked for them. There is no excuse. You can't blindly blame it on A/B evaluations and what ended up making the company the most money. It's simply unethical.
> I would be ashamed of this practice if I worked for them.
There's no shame because there are no consequences. "Oh, you were the guy at Company X that wrote that annoying Dark Pattern Y, huh? Can you walk me through the ethics of that?" - Said no interviewer ever.
I was just discussing this with a former co-worker. [Here in Europe.]
Also: I'm pretty certain that if you had a history of using dark patterns.. that would be seen as basically fraudulent behavior here. Investors would stay far away.
We both shared our distaste for a typical american way of accomplishing personal financial success - fake it til you make it, etc etc.
Maybe this is a part of what sets SV apart from Europe - and why SV keeps winning :). Fraud works.
