This is most damning, in my opinion, and the reason that Avast should at least make SOME effort to recognize this as the massive communications mistake it has been and offer some sort of recompense. (It seems to be simply a case that the Indian government want to be able to see everything that their citizens are spending and where they are spending it, especially if it's going abroad. Cleverbridge (Piriforms Payment Processor) wasnt even aware that this was a subscription product. PayPal and other alternatives to Credit/Debit cards are still working, but as that linked article says you may even find that PayPal transactions also start to be declined in India. You can definitely expect that more online payments will be referred to your bank, and will probably find that your bank will decline some of them. Especially any where you have a subscription or automatically renewing licence. So you may find your credit card will now stop working online with other software providers too. (One time payments should not be affected, but there have been reports that those also may be declined). The Indian government changed their rules again in September, the new changes affect recurring-payments such as subscriptions and automatic renewals. It's no use complaining to the software company, complain to your government. Software companies who want to sell software in a country have to comply with the government regulations of that country. The online payment problems with debit and credit in India (and Pakistan) are entirely due to government banking regulations in those countries.
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