“Will His Memory Cost Him? The Shocking Truth Behind One Man’s Reckless Free Trial Gamble!”

In today’s digital age, subscription services are practically the bread and butter of entertainment, but what happens when that “free trial” becomes more of a game of memory than a mainstream media experience? Meet Ben Cameron, a carefree Oak Park resident, who’s figured out how to live life on the edge—or perhaps more aptly, skirting the edges of his own forgetfulness. With his cavalier approach to signing up for every free trial that crosses his path, he confidently blunders into a whirlwind of monthly fees he never meant to incur. It raises a question: are we all just one subscription away from becoming overly caffeinated squirrels, frantically trying to recall which branches we’re hoarding our shiny new paywalls on? Dive into Ben’s story and join the hilarity of a man too blissfully engrossed in fleeting terms and conditions to notice the financial iceberg he’s sailing towards. <a href="https://theonion.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ForgetfulManPlaying-NIB-PH.jpg”>LEARN MORE.

OAK PARK, IL—Paying no mind to his forgetful nature and instead lending a fancy free, devil-may-care attitude toward his tendency to sign up for promotional offers, area man Ben Cameron was playing it fast and loose this week with his free trials for numerous subscription-based services. “Yeah, why not? I’ll try FUBI. It’s free for the first month, so I’ll just cancel after the trial runs out,” said Cameron, whose goldfish-like memory rendered him completely ignorant to the fact that he had already forgotten to cancel previous free trials for GameFly, Paramount+, Peacock, and several others, despite the steady stream of automatic monthly payments continually withdrawn from his checking account. “It’s my way of gaming the system—why would I pay for Audible premium when I can just listen to all the audiobooks I want for one month, then cancel without ever paying a dime? I just set a reminder in my calendar to cancel it after a month. Anyone who pays for this stuff when they sign up is a sucker.” At press time, Cameron was baffled to discover that he already had an email account associated with AppleTV+, for which he’d been charged the past eight months.