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Court nullifies “click-to-cancel” rule that required easy methods of cancellation (arstechnica.com)
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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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[–] FreeBeard@slrpnk.net 40 points 4 days ago (7 children)

I would be grateful if you could include the country this applies to in the title.

For everybody else: it's the US. Who would have thought.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

Not many other countries have a regulatory body called the "FTC"

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Not many other countries have a regulatory body called the "FTC"

Court nullifies “click-to-cancel” rule that required easy methods of cancellation

FTC is not mentioned in the title of the article.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Subtitle of the article:

FTC failed to follow rulemaking process required by US law, judges rule.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 days ago

They asked about including it in the title, not the subtitle.

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