Similar services around the world, such as Apple iStore and Google Play, are active by default and provide customers with the convenience of paying for content services and subscriptions without having to continuously re-enter credit card/payment details.
Through the Vodacom payment platform, for example, customers can subscribe to the likes of Showmax, Deezer, and Office 365 in addition to hundreds of games, sport, and small business services.
For customers that prefer not to have or use credit cards, this means they can access and subscribe to services that they might otherwise not have access to.
If a consumer is not aware that a WASP is billing them, their money is gone and they are the only loser.
There are many ways consumers can potentially be alerted to the looting of their funds. Vodacom is playing dumb here.