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NYC is now the first city in America that bans sketchy subscriptions / As of Thursday, the city's click-to-cancel rule has taken effect, which requires businesses to make it as easy to cancel a subsc… (www.theverge.com)
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Full title: NYC is now the first city in America that bans sketchy subscriptions / As of Thursday, the city's click-to-cancel rule has taken effect, which requires businesses to make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up.

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[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 145 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This was a federal rule, one guess who undid it.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 56 points 1 day ago

And Lina Khan is in NYC now!

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nixon.

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You guessed wrong. There are now two doors in front of you, one leads to hell. Choose wisely.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Was it Orange Foolius?

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Pants Shitler