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

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1737 points pseudolus | 7 comments | 16 Oct 24 13:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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ajkjk ◴[16 Oct 24 14:37 UTC] No.41859541[source]▶
There are so many things like this that have needed fixing for such a long time. The fact that something is happening, even slowly, is so heartening.

If your reaction is wondering if this is legal then you should be interested in the passing of new laws that make it unequivocally legal. Society should be able to govern itself.

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TheCraiggers ◴[16 Oct 24 14:41 UTC] No.41859610[source]▶
Agreed. The fact that multiple companies are springing up with the main selling point being "help you cancel subscriptions you thought you already cancelled" should be a wake up call to the legislature that this problem has gotten out of hand.
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1. cptaj ◴[16 Oct 24 15:39 UTC] No.41860353[source]▶
For sure. I hate excessive regulation, but if companies keep poisoning the well, action has to be taken
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2. patrickmcnamara ◴[16 Oct 24 15:41 UTC] No.41860384[source]▶
This isn't excessive at all. Making it easy to unsubscribe from things is totally reasonable to regulate in any world.
3. jfengel ◴[16 Oct 24 16:15 UTC] No.41860867[source]▶
The problem is that "excessive regulation" often means "regulations that inconvenience me". Often regulations are put in place to help somebody else, and they are met with wailing and gnashing of teeth.
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4. bluGill ◴[16 Oct 24 17:11 UTC] No.41861404[source]▶
Some regulations help me. I'm glad I don't have to sort through all the pipes to find lead free ones. However some hurt me - I know very well how to do electric work and so having to hire an electrician costs me money I don't have (as opposed to an inspector who is much cheaper since they only verify I did the work right).
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5. pests ◴[16 Oct 24 17:20 UTC] No.41861488{3}[source]▶
In my area the homeowner can do all electrical work. Still needs inspected.

Are you sure you need to hire an electrician in your jurisdiction?

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6. bluGill ◴[16 Oct 24 18:06 UTC] No.41861910{4}[source]▶
This is specific to my town, if I lived across the street in a different town I wouldn't need to. Unfortunately I didn't know this detail until after I bought the house.
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7. consteval ◴[16 Oct 24 20:53 UTC] No.41863759{5}[source]▶
Typically, when this happens and it's a local law like this it's because something really bad happened in the past.

I know, for example, the town of Cripple Creek, CO requires all their buildings to be made out of bricks. Pretty annoying. But it's because the entire town burned down twice in the 19th century.

So, maybe, someone in the past killed a bunch of people with bad electrical work.