▲ 879 ▼ 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) submitted 6 days ago by Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club to c/technology@lemmy.world 48 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 95 points 6 days ago (2 children) So set my VPN to NYC, got it permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LeighWeighTacoma@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago (1 child) A lot of them probably will require proof of address like a lot with the California laws. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Carl@anarchist.nexus 63 points 5 days ago And it’ll only take one NYC resident to challenge that before the requirement is outlawed. If it doesn’t require proof of address to sign up, it shouldn’t require proof of address to cancel. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LeighWeighTacoma@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago (1 child) A lot of them probably will require proof of address like a lot with the California laws. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Carl@anarchist.nexus 63 points 5 days ago And it’ll only take one NYC resident to challenge that before the requirement is outlawed. If it doesn’t require proof of address to sign up, it shouldn’t require proof of address to cancel. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Carl@anarchist.nexus 63 points 5 days ago And it’ll only take one NYC resident to challenge that before the requirement is outlawed. If it doesn’t require proof of address to sign up, it shouldn’t require proof of address to cancel. permalink fedilink source parent