Hi @picklypickle,
Thank you for feedback.
I totally understand your frustration about having to enter a credit card. The reason why we request one is so that we can automatically upgrade you to a higher plan in case you reach your links quota, in order to prevent the service from being disrupted and working non-optimally.
In case users are auto-upgraded and did not want to upgrade, we happily refund them, no questions asked. Any credit card info that you submit when you sign up is stored in the most secure way by our payment partner, Stripe, not us, so we never have access to your payment info directly.
In case you have any other feedback for us or any questions, please let me know!