ND Mastercard Bans Automatic Billing After Free Trials (www.pcmag.com)
337 points by ceejayoz 2304 days ago | 76 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
Mastercard's new policy bans automatic billing after free trials.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 5 evals
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Audit Trail 12 entries
2026-03-05 18:28 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=-0.040 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 18:28 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: -0.04 (Neutral)
2026-03-05 18:20 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.034 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 18:20 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.03 (Neutral) 0.00
2026-03-05 18:16 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.034 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-05 18:16 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.03 (Neutral)
2026-02-28 12:14 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.20) - -
2026-02-28 12:14 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.20 (Mild positive)
reasoning
News article on consumer rights
2026-02-28 12:14 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 12:08 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.30) - -
2026-02-28 12:08 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.30 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
Editorial on Mastercard's policy change, consumer protection
2026-02-28 12:08 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -