The White House is calling their push the “Time is Money” initiative.

  • @_bcron
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    551 month ago

    At the minimum they should be required to provide the same exact means to cancel as they provide a means to subscribe. Business models that involve easy online subscriptions but require calling an 800 number during business hours to cancel should be fined into insolvency

    • @takeda
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      211 month ago

      That’s actually the plan. If it takes one click to subscribe it needs to be no more than one click to unsubscribe.

      • @[email protected]
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        41 month ago

        Amazon Prime Video Canada let me instantly (aka accidentally) subscribe to one of their extra channels. I had to go through a chat to cancel it.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 month ago

        The problem is enforcement.

        Sure, one click…that’s on a hidden div, that can only be accessed if your mouse does a very particular movement, one that mimics what you did during sign up.

    • @ladicius
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      71 month ago

      At the minimum they should be required to provide the same exact means to cancel as they provide a means to subscribe.

      That’s how it is in EU. Per law cancellation has to be as easy as getting the contract, and by the same means.

    • @BradleyUffner
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      61 month ago

      A phone number would be down right convenient. The ones that make you cancel by mail are the devil.