Payment gateways (paypal, apple, google), in general, do NOT let you cancel individual services and are linked to your CC. Vendors (I'm looking at you, Audible!) constantly hide their account termination under layers of dark patterns. For awhile, I had several ghost subscriptions that I a.) didn't want and b.) couldn't cancel. My credit card card [1] has fundamentally changed my online purchasing experience as it... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

Source: https://x1creditcard.com/ , footnote 5 at bottom of web page. Source: about 1 year ago

I use virtual credit cards through my credit card (X1, https://x1creditcard.com). It's been wonderful not only for privacy, but also for keeping track of what all is being spent (including recurring stuff). Source: over 1 year ago

I use a virtual card issued by X1 without any issues. Source: over 1 year ago

For virtual credit cards, I'd recommend the X1 credit card. I have it and it's really useful. As a bonus, they say they don't share purchase history with anyone else. Source: over 1 year ago

They may be using something like Sift for security checking and something of yours was flagged. Source: over 1 year ago

But sorry to break it to you, this has been done at a really large scale already although most consumers are not aware. One big player here is https://sift.com/ Almost every major retailer uses their service exactly for the reasons you mention. Source: almost 3 years ago

Reddit, for one. A pretty big list on their homepage. Source: almost 3 years ago