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[–] moon@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Big W change. EU should try to copy this idea.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think EU law already prevents this, at least this has never been an issue in the multiple member states I lived in.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 2 points 4 weeks ago

Yep, usually it has to be as easy to cancel as it was to sign up

[–] Virkkunen@fedia.io 3 points 4 weeks ago

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