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		smt88 on Oct 16, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FTC announces "click-to-cancel" rule making it eas... For every "you" avoiding subscriptions, there's an idiot like me who has had several $5-10/mo. subscriptions for years because I keep hitting the "call customer service to cancel" wall and procrastinating.

crazygringo on Oct 16, 2024 [–]

Yup, this is exactly the answer.

It is unfortunately more profitable for them in the end.

Which is precisely why we need these types of consumer protection laws.

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