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NYC is now the first city in America that bans sketchy subscriptions- the city's click-to-cancel rule has taken effect, which requires making it as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨remington@beehaw.org⁩ to ⁨technology@beehaw.org⁩

https://www.theverge.com/policy/1003426/nyc-click-to-cancel-subscriptions-rule

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  • danielhanrahantng@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Good they should do that and if a federal court halted it, is that court nuts or is it a constitutional issue the court has to deal with kind of.

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  • Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Corporate only follows rules if they get enforcedht by, the city should have a portal for users to report abuse, and should hit them with 5% of their annual revenu as as fine.

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    • tuhriel@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And, personal liability, including prison sentences for the c-suite

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  • artyom@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Let’s see of anyone makes me mail them a letter to sign up for their service…

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  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Privacy.com lets you create virtual debit cards you can use for subscription services. Makes it easy to cancel subscriptions, as you can simply revoke the virtual card tied to the service without having to change payment methods on everything else.

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