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Under the FTC's "Click to Cancel" rule, businesses would've had make it as easy to cancel subscriptions as it is to sign up. An appeals court has now struck that measure down.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

streaming is losing billions and its not profitable, thats why they have been cancelling tons of shows.

[–] SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

Netflix net income was $8.7bn last year.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago

🏴‍☠️ Ahoy, maties.

[–] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Does putting a stop payment no longer work? That's always been a nice "fuck you, let me cancel" option.

[–] thesmokingman@programming.dev 1 points 4 hours ago

The biggest issue with this is the “contract” you “sign” when you do pay. Usually there are terms that let companies come after you. See Creative Cloud, Planet Fitness, and other movers in the “fuck you pay me” subscription world.

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Doesn’t that only work on pre authorized payments from a bank account, not a credit card?

[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If companies make cancelling a pain, you can use Privacy.com to make virtual cards that are easy to disable or limit as you see fit. Downside is it's basically debit passthrough, so no credit card points or protection, but still can be handy situationally.

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Big limitation with privacy.com is that it requires US bank account.

[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Ah, fair! Didn't think of that.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Many credit cards also offer virtual cards for this exact reason.

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

Not really American anyway to cancel. Gotta support the corps.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

one more reason not to pay subscriptions

Now, why would anyone choose to cancel wearing the trihat?

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -1 points 1 day ago

What type of logic is this? Because rules didn’t force them to make it easier it will get harder?