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 Gaywallet (they/it)   ( @Gaywallet@beehaw.org ) A to Technology · 1 year ago

Federal Trade Commission Announces Final “Click-to-Cancel” Rule Making It Easier for Consumers to End Recurring Subscriptions and Memberships

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Federal Trade Commission Announces Final “Click-to-Cancel” Rule Making It Easier for Consumers to End Recurring Subscriptions and Memberships

www.ftc.gov

 Gaywallet (they/it)   ( @Gaywallet@beehaw.org ) A to Technology · 1 year ago
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced a
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  •  TehPers   ( @TehPers@beehaw.org ) 
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    I’ll give it about two weeks before some random court in Texas tries to block it.

    •  Scrubbles   ( @scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ) 
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      I’m judge JimBob and I suddenly have a great interest in whatever I was told to because I deeply care about the people was definitely not given millions in stock for large companies

  •  AssaultPepper   ( @AssaultPepper@monero.town ) 
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    Is this the first anti-Dark-Pattern rule in existence? If so I’m hoping more like it comes soon.

    •  Manucode   ( @manucode@infosec.pub ) 
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      Already exists in Germany

  •  demesisx   ( @demesisx@infosec.pub ) 
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    Hopefully this sticks. IMO, movie studios need to keep attracting customers or the whole film industry will stay dead.

  •  sunzu2   ( @sunzu2@thebrainbin.org ) Banned
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    While great news… Watch all of this get undone.

    We get these headlines kinda regularly. Feds will do a thing that will save you!

    It never gets implemented or is Swiss cheese lol

  •  cum   ( @moon@lemmy.cafe ) 
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    Big W change. EU should try to copy this idea.

    •  ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝   ( @HK65@sopuli.xyz ) 
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      I think EU law already prevents this, at least this has never been an issue in the multiple member states I lived in.

      •  MaggiWuerze   ( @MaggiWuerze@feddit.org ) 
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        Yep, usually it has to be as easy to cancel as it was to sign up

    •  Virkkunen   ( @Virkkunen@fedia.io ) 
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      Living in the EU and Latin America, I can safely say this has never been an issue before with the exception of Proton Mail which took me 8 confirmations and 5 retries

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