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"Are you sure you want to cancel?" [YES] [NO]

"Wouldn't you rather enjoy the many benefits Prime offers you?" [YES] [NO]

"Are you sure you won't miss those benefits?" [YES] [NO]

"If we asked your twin, who always lies, what you would say if we asked if you really wanted to cancel your subscription, what would he say?"

"Do you often sing or whistle just for fun?"

Not sure if you're making fun of scientology or referencing FNM. Both are good things to do.

I feel sometimes that Prime is against you.

Prime helps customers as a means of helping Amazon. They reap the biggest reward, not us.

That's a line from the same Faith No More song "Land of Sunshine" :)

I'm reminded of the dialogue box presented by the Analytical Engine in the awesome graphic novel, "The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage" by Sydney Padua:

*Annulation Lever Activated - do you wish to continue? Engage STOP lever to continue. Engage CONTINUE lever to stop."

I was actually referencing a sequence of dialogs in the classic video game Scarab of Ra:

• "Do you really want a hint?"

• "You really should try to solve this on your own. Still want a hint?"

• "Wouldn't it be more fun to figure it out by yourself?"

• "Last chance to be a hero. Still want that hint?"

(The game is playable online at: https://archive.org/details/ScarabOfRaMacintosh, or using https://mace.software/scarab-of-ra/ on modern MacOS -- you can trigger these dialogs by picking any item from the "Hints" menu.)

"Special offer: 3 Months for 75% Off!" [CONTINUE] [cancel anyway]

[Cancel Screen]

Are you sure you wish to leave Prime? You may be consigning your soul to eternal perdition!

[Return to Bezos the Blessed] [No, I wish to spend hereafter in the lake of fire]

[Lake of Fire Screen]

We understand, maybe you aren't spiritual. That's okay! We value your business regardless. But you should consider that Jeff Bezos is a powerful billionaire that may one day bring about the Singularity and become Roko's Basilisk. We're not fucking around here, and we're upping the stakes: Some gods may be merciful, but Roko Bezos is not one of them

[Spend no money outside the Amazon ecosystem ever again] [Consign an endless number of sentient emulated versions of yourself to an emulated lake of fire]

You are eligible for Pascal's Discount!

They do the same sort of thing on Audible, where I'm an on-again/off-again subscriber. In one of my temporary departures I went through those options too fast and only realized I hadn't actually cancelled when I received the following month's CC charge.

The worst part is that the answers to the second two questions are sort of irrelevant, yeah, I'd rather enjoy those many benefits, but yes I'm still sure I want to cancel. Yes I'll miss the benefits, but I'm still sure I want to cancel.

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