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'''[[wikipedia:Brilliant_(website)|Brilliant]]''' (also known as '''Brilliant.org''') is a website and app by '''Brilliant Worldwide, Inc.''' providing online courses. Despite the “.org”, Brilliant is a for-profit corporation backed by venture capitalists. Brilliant is most known for its advertisements on [[YouTube]], in which presenters who are known for their evidence-based points of view, for scrutinizing and refuting pseudoscience and scams, promote Brilliant. | '''[[wikipedia:Brilliant_(website)|Brilliant]]''' (also known as '''Brilliant.org''') is a website and app by '''Brilliant Worldwide, Inc.''' providing online courses. Despite the “.org”, Brilliant is a for-profit corporation backed by venture capitalists. Brilliant is most known for its advertisements on [[YouTube]], in which presenters who are known for their evidence-based points of view, for scrutinizing and refuting pseudoscience and scams, promote Brilliant. | ||
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Brilliant functions similarly to mathematics textbook, but with buttons to click through to get to the next paragraph, and quizzes between paragraphs. Some of the illustrations have interactivity, in a lot of cases a slider that can be dragged around. These interactive elements make Brilliant appear to offer more than a traditional textbook. | <!-- I understand the point of the image but I also don't consider it to be bad for a "content team" member to be doing a science experiment, as this does not prove Brilliant doesn't use scientifically sourced information. The content in the picture is an extremely easy experiment anyone can do. If you have evidence that they don't source information through scientific sources, please post it on the wiki --> | ||
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[[File:Brilliant_content_team.png|thumb|Courses on Brilliant are made by an anonymous “content team”.]] | |||
Brilliant functions similarly to a mathematics textbook, but with buttons to click through to get to the next paragraph, and quizzes between paragraphs. Some of the illustrations have interactivity, in a lot of cases a slider that can be dragged around. These interactive elements make Brilliant appear to offer more than a traditional textbook. | |||
[[File:Brilliant_slider.png|thumb|The slider in the picture seems to provide no real challenge in solving it, merely needing to be displaced to solve the puzzle. ]] | [[File:Brilliant_slider.png|thumb|The slider in the picture seems to provide no real challenge in solving it, merely needing to be displaced to solve the puzzle. ]] | ||
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Brilliant automatically renews user subscriptions without active user acceptance. Thus, customers who have lost interest in the service and have otherwise forgotten about it may be caught by surprise when they receive a charge at the start of a new subscription cycle. The annual subscription cycle also tacitly assumes that users want to use the service uninterrupted for a full year, which ignores use-cases where customers may want only to study at a particular time of the year. | Brilliant automatically renews user subscriptions without active user acceptance. Thus, customers who have lost interest in the service and have otherwise forgotten about it may be caught by surprise when they receive a charge at the start of a new subscription cycle. The annual subscription cycle also tacitly assumes that users want to use the service uninterrupted for a full year, which ignores use-cases where customers may want only to study at a particular time of the year. | ||
When Brilliant lowers its prices, existing customers will still be charged the previous higher prices on renewal, though they are protected from price increases by the same policy:<blockquote>User's subscription to the Service will continue indefinitely until cancelled by User (via the cancellation mechanisms provided on the Site). After User's initial subscription period, and again after any subsequent subscription period, User's subscription will automatically continue for an additional equivalent period, at the price User agreed to when subscribing.</blockquote>By using the service, the user is automatically opted in to the automatic renewal, and there is no option to not agree to it:<blockquote>User agrees that User's account will be subject to this automatic renewal feature.</blockquote>Subscription itself authorizes Brilliant to periodically charge customers' credit cards | When Brilliant lowers its prices, existing customers will still be charged the previous higher prices on renewal, though they are protected from price increases by the same policy:<blockquote>User's subscription to the Service will continue indefinitely until cancelled by User (via the cancellation mechanisms provided on the Site). After User's initial subscription period, and again after any subsequent subscription period, User's subscription will automatically continue for an additional equivalent period, at the price User agreed to when subscribing.</blockquote>By using the service, the user is automatically opted in to the automatic renewal, and there is no option to not agree to it:<blockquote>User agrees that User's account will be subject to this automatic renewal feature.</blockquote>Subscription itself authorizes Brilliant to periodically charge customers' credit cards for automatic renewal, again including undisclosed additional taxes:<blockquote>By subscribing, User authorizes Brilliant to charge User's credit card, debit card or other payment method at such time and again at the beginning of any subsequent subscription period, including any sales or similar taxes imposed on User's subscription payments.</blockquote> | ||
===Refunds=== | ===Refunds=== | ||
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===Promotions=== | ===Promotions=== | ||
The seven-day free trial is a [[Click-to-cancel#Free-to-pay|free-to-pay]] scheme: a one-year paid subscription with a seven-day cancellation period:<blockquote>Brilliant may offer promotions, such as free trials, discounts, or other special offers, to users from time to time (collectively, “Promotions”). Promotions may be subject to specific terms, including a defined period during which the Promotion must be redeemed and utilized (each, a “Promotion Period”). Unless otherwise stated, any use of a Promotion will automatically convert into a paid subscription for the Services upon the expiration of the Promotional Period. Users are responsible for canceling their subscription before the end of the Promotional Period to avoid incurring any charges (or, in the case of a discount Promotion, to avoid additional charges). Failure to cancel within the Promotional Period will result in the applicable subscription fee being charged to the payment method provided at the time of sign-up or as updated by User.</blockquote> | The seven-day free trial is a [[Click-to-cancel#Free-to-pay|free-to-pay]] scheme: a one-year paid subscription with a seven-day cancellation period:<blockquote>Brilliant may offer promotions, such as free trials, discounts, or other special offers, to users from time to time (collectively, “Promotions”). Promotions may be subject to specific terms, including a defined period during which the Promotion must be redeemed and utilized (each, a “Promotion Period”). Unless otherwise stated, any use of a Promotion will automatically convert into a paid subscription for the Services upon the expiration of the Promotional Period. Users are responsible for canceling their subscription before the end of the Promotional Period to avoid incurring any charges (or, in the case of a discount Promotion, to avoid additional charges). Failure to cancel within the Promotional Period will result in the applicable subscription fee being charged to the payment method provided at the time of sign-up or as updated by User.</blockquote>In a CNET survey about the use of subscription services, “A total of 48% of respondents said they had signed up for a free trial of a paid subscription and then forgot to cancel it.”<ref>[['Subscription Creep' Is Real. Consumers Are Paying Over $1,000 Each Year, CNET Survey Finds]]</ref> | ||
===Site content=== | ===Site content=== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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