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Court nullifies “click-to-cancel” rule that required easy methods of cancellation (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 days ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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Khan's announcement of the now-vacated rule said that too many "businesses make people jump through endless hoops just to cancel a subscription. The FTC's rule will end these tricks and traps, saving Americans time and money. Nobody should be stuck paying for a service they no longer want."

Good thing representatives only have to tell their constituents why this is bad. No need to take it all the way to voters.

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[–] Zier@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Sail the high seas people.

[–] Crotaro@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As @nokturne213@sopuli.xyz said, this is about much more than software. You can't pirate a gym (excluding the Venn Diagram of probably 0.0000001% of people who both want to go to a gym and know how to hack themselves into said gym's database).

Click-to-cancel hurts every consumer in America and only benefits the providers of any subscription service.

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