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Speaking to support they don’t know what time zone the 514am timestamp is in. I think it’s likely to be UTC, which means it happened at 814am.
I have a two year old. I’m gonna chalk it up to him. If it was 814am it’s way more likely.
Still super weird cause the tv wasn’t on. But given the time of day, seems much more likely.
I asked what time zone it was and they told me they didn’t know. It doesn’t show up for them.
I’m in New York. So I’m guessing it’s UTC and it was actually 814am not 514am.
Like using TouchID or FaceID.
I didn’t realize Apple could just be like “hey, here’s a free month of Apple Music … also we’re gonna charge you next month!”
Seems super scammy. Similar to the U2 debacle that happened years ago.
I asked if there’s was a way the family account could’ve triggered it to look like it’s from the Apple TV but they said no. It was purchased on tv.
Around 8:15am, I checked my email and noticed I had been auto-subscribed to a free trial of Apple Music.
Weird. I'm a Spotify user, and wouldn't have started a trial. So, I asked my wife, and she said she hadn't done anything with Apple Music.
Hmm, maybe my account was hacked. That would be quite a predicament since I use 1password with crazy long passwords for all services. So, I contacted Apple Support over SMS to ask how and why the Apple Music subscription got initiated.
They told me that Apple auto-subscribed me because I was given a free month... and it was done at 5:14am (when everyone in my house was asleep).
The whole conversation felt like a phishing scam. Decided to move to phone support, and they are telling me my Apple TV in my living room subscribed me.
Is it possible for someone to remote into my Apple TV and auto-subscribe me? I wouldn't have guessed an Apple TV to be hackable.
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1. I have a much better understanding of what's happening behind-the-scenes
2. For most small startups, you should seriously consider the time (and therefore, cost) of investing in your own infrastructure.
For point #1, I think understanding your options and how they benefit your company is essential for you transition from a small -> medium -> large size company. The paradigms you learn by virtue of researching the new technologies might end up being applicable in other parts of your development process.
On point #2, I partially regret not deploying to Heroku, seeing where our system became stressed, and optimizing. Attempting to scale for things you don't know about yet is tough, and can lead you down a path of wasted time and money.