- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
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.
You must log in or register to comment.
This should be illegal everywhere but if you’re in a place where it’s not, you can still make these fuckers eat a chargeback fee while getting all your money back if you go through your bank or credit card company to show them documentation that they’re effectively holding you financially hostage by ignoring your requests to cancel and making cancellation inaccessible.
I got $800 back from a fraudulent “home warranty” from AHS this way and it was a pretty easy process via Visa. Even better that they got fined on top of being forced to give me a refund!
It’s pretty crazy that the most no-duh common-sense policies solely exist under the banner of “radical communism.” Almost makes one question the political compass.
“radical communism” 🙄
the GOP and even a lot of people on “the left” in the US couldn’t give you half the description of what communism is. this regulation falls squarely under classical Liberalism, and despite their squawking about Libertarianism or whatever Republicans act more like Liberals than their ideology poisoned brains could comprehend.
This was a federal rule, one guess who undid it.
Nixon.
You guessed wrong. There are now two doors in front of you, one leads to hell. Choose wisely.
Was it Orange Foolius?
Pants Shitler
I so wish he was eligible to run for president…
So set my VPN to NYC, got it
A lot of them probably will require proof of address like a lot with the California laws.
Genuine question, how does a municipal government pass and enforce a law like this? Where I live I don’t think a municipal government could do this (both practically and legally)
Who does this rule apply to and how would the cit y enforce it?
It might be the first city, but the state of California has had this for many many years. It’s a great law.
word…
PowerPoint!
Excel!
California has something similar enough: https://www.engadget.com/general/californias-click-to-cancel-subscription-bill-is-signed-into-law-123058770.html.
Just a friendly reminder that your city could be doing any of this right now as well.
But won’t anyone think of all the lost revenue for these companies who purposely made it exceptionally difficult to cancel subscriptions
/s
Mandami is like Trump, you hear about something he does every day, but it doesn’t make you wanna jump off a highway onto a much lower highway exclusively for tractor trailers, in Phoenix.
Big Kwame does it again
Good luck getting planet fitness to allow this.
