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FTC announces "click-to-cancel" rule making it easier to cancel subscriptions

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1737 points pseudolus | 3 comments | 16 Oct 24 13:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.664s | source
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hypercube33 ◴[16 Oct 24 14:17 UTC] No.41859267[source]▶
Honestly, this is the best thing if it changes the worst experience I've had cancelling something - Gyms. They make it crazy easy to sign up, but a pain in the ass to stop being a member (for example, if you move and forget to cancel good luck - they want you to come in and talk to the manager in a lot of cases)
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high_na_euv ◴[16 Oct 24 14:25 UTC] No.41859382[source]▶
How did it even evolve into such a mess?

Cannot you just go to random gym, pay for enterance and do ya thing without signing stuff?

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onlyrealcuzzo ◴[16 Oct 24 14:28 UTC] No.41859424[source]▶
Gyms largely make money from people having memberships but never actually going.

There's only a few types of gyms where most of the members actually use the gym, and although they're still subscription based, they have entirely different business models.

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1. willcipriano ◴[16 Oct 24 14:51 UTC] No.41859728[source]▶
Planet Fitness is diabolical with this.

"Pizza Fridays!"

"Judgement free zone!"

"No lunks in here! Lunk alarm!"

They know the demographic they are shooting for.

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2. silverquiet ◴[16 Oct 24 15:07 UTC] No.41859951[source]▶
I'm a rather happy customer of Planet Fitness and a regular user. It's pretty clear what their business plan is, but the gym itself is fine, obviously with no frills. The most obvious deficiency is that they only have smith machines and no barbells, but that's not much of an issue for me. The strangest aspect is that there are no scales in the locker room; I assume that's a purposeful part of the atmosphere. Still I recommend them to all my friends. If they don't go, I suppose they're still subsidizing my membership.
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3. willcipriano ◴[16 Oct 24 15:09 UTC] No.41859972[source]▶
I'm a member as well. I get way more value than what I pay for, but I feel bad for the people at home subsidizing me.