BrikoXM to [email protected]English • 1 year agoCable firms to FTC: We shouldn’t have to let users cancel service with a clickarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down10starcopymore-verticalflagCreate ReportslashBlock usercross-posted to: technology
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minus-square@brightandshinyobjectlinkEnglish31•1 year agoIf you’re worried about people cancelling, maybe improve your service or reduce the cost so people are willing to stay before they want to cancel? arrow-up131arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@voracitudelinkEnglish7•1 year agoHow dare you. They’ll lobby and bribe and legislate their competition out of existence, as is tradition. It was good enough for the prior board of directors, and the board before that, and it’s good enough for this board dadgummit! arrow-up17arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoIt seems to me that the service provider wants that “please don’t leave. We’ll not be a total dick for like 3 months; will that help?” opportunity. arrow-up13arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
If you’re worried about people cancelling, maybe improve your service or reduce the cost so people are willing to stay before they want to cancel?
How dare you. They’ll lobby and bribe and legislate their competition out of existence, as is tradition. It was good enough for the prior board of directors, and the board before that, and it’s good enough for this board dadgummit!
It seems to me that the service provider wants that “please don’t leave. We’ll not be a total dick for like 3 months; will that help?” opportunity.