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It's only after hitting the "start listening now" button, after you input your name and email address, that it's made clear you're only getting 5 free sessions. I feel like I've been duped into giving my personal information away.

If anyone from brain.fm is reading, don't underestimate how much resentment this kind of dishonest manipulation generates.

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Hey thanks for the feedback. Sorry that you feel duped - it's not our intention to manipulate a user into getting their email to market to them and is why we ask people to opt in to our emails.

I'm going to change the main button to read "Try 5 Free Sessions" to be more direct!

Hey, I'm very glad you took this feedback in a positive & constructive way. FWIW although my initial experience was somewhat sour, I have spent a good part of today using up my trial sessions and I do quite like your service :) I have 1/5 remaining which I'll use at work tomorrow, that'll be the real acid test!

For free ambient background sounds, check out Noisli: https://www.noisli.com/

Not affiliated, just a fan.

+1 Noisli has had a spot on my bookmark bar for some time now. Can mix together your own favourites, which also sync to the mobile app.

Also just a fan.

Fake email providers are good for these situations. Giving away personal information is not necessary in many cases.

https://www.maskmail.net

I stopped at the login / registration prompt. They don't even give a demo before signing in.

I knew they were selling something the moment there was no play button. Don't feel bad Some people don't even realized they've been duped.

Check out the lofi streams on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHW1oY26kxQ

I agree that they aren't exactly up-front about their model. They do provide a link to a pricing page that lays out the tiers: https://brain.fm/pricing

And, of course, there's no way to delete your account.

Hey I'm happy to cancel your account if your reach out at privacy@brain.fm per our GDPR stuff, or shoot me an email directly and I will delete it.

We are redoing our whole platform for January with a brand new account page. This functionality is included now.

ever use mailinator? It's excellent for stuff like this.

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