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

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1737 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 16 Oct 24 13:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.226s | 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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wnolens ◴[16 Oct 24 14:38 UTC] No.41859559[source]▶
In these cases, can we not issue a chargeback via our credit card? Or put some sort of block on transactions from a particular source?

Seems silly to just accept virtually un-cancellable terms.

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pc86 ◴[16 Oct 24 15:50 UTC] No.41860512[source]▶
The answer is not to do a chargeback, the answer is to not sign contracts you have no intention of fulfilling.
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1. wnolens ◴[17 Oct 24 15:42 UTC] No.41870712[source]▶
A contract is only as good as both parties participate in good faith, or as it is enforceable.

I'm comfortable with taking on the risk of not fulfilling my end of something like a gym contract, provided the mechanism to remove third parties like payment processors.