AI SaaS Free Trials Are Becoming an Abuse Surface

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Consider this composite incident trace: TRIAL INCIDENT 042 New accounts: 186 Unique email addresses: 186 Recognized devices: 4 High-cost generations: 912 Paid conversions: 0 Nothing was technically compromised. No password was stolen. No database was breached. Every account used the signup form correctly and stayed within its advertised trial allowance. The product still lost money.

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