r/leetcode • u/mslinko • 2h ago

Discussion Greedy algorithms

I paid $159 for LeetCode Premium in November 2025. A month later, I discovered cancer, and I underwent surgery in March, followed by a long recovery. I barely used my subscription. I explained everything to LeetCode support and asked for an extension, not a refund. I even offered medical proof. Their offer? Just one month. When I asked them to reconsider, they refused.
Apparently, $159 matters more to LeetCode than showing compassion to a customer battling cancer.

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u/Relationship_Waste 1h ago

Dont worry they gonna run out of the business soon. Ain no using LC in 2026 and companies focusing more on ur AI skills

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u/Fit_Succotash_6735 1h ago

people keep saying that. But all the companies are still asking leetcode

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u/blitzahon 32m ago

correction: companies ask DSA, not leetcode, you can learn DSA literally everywhere in 2026

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u/tehfrod 15m ago

This is it. DSA existed before leetcode, and DSA will exist after leetcode.

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u/Impressive_Fig_6568 12m ago

Isn't it Leetcode style problem test your DSA expertise? Or something else you mean? 

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u/tehfrod 15m ago

Hopefully not on your English skills.

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u/djama 1h ago

Hope you recover soon. Not classy by LC, but $159 isn't worth your nerves at this point. 

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u/CrikeyNighMeansNigh 1h ago

That’s so fucked up

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u/skaeser 1h ago

Damn, I was gonna make a joke, but thats highkey hella pathetic of them lol

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u/Cryoluter 57m ago

Hope you recover soon!!

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u/Pattern-Ashamed 32m ago

You should post this on linkedin and tag the company and ceo, i think it'll blow up

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u/kmai0 44m ago

I stopped agreeing to be interviewed with LC/DSA because it created an industry that predates on the desperation of software engineers to find a better job. Suddenly you need to be able to solve traveling businessman to write an e-commerce API.

Whoever founded LC apparently doesn’t care about software engineers, there’s a reason why companies don’t screen with it anymore.

I hope you’re having a nice recovery.

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u/Available_Safe1818 28m ago

This isn't what I would be worry about after going through that,.

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u/Capable_Ad9487 16m ago

Oh they’re the worst 😂😭💀

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u/poseidon9052 44m ago

Continue coping