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US Court nullifies FTC requirement for click-to-cancel

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587 points gausswho | 6 comments | 08 Jul 25 22:42 UTC | HN request time: 1.269s | source | bottom
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postalrat ◴[09 Jul 25 04:10 UTC] No.44506272[source]▶
I should be able to go into my bank or card service online. View a list of all my subscriptions. Click on a subscription (or select all). And cancel.

If there is a card that offers this let me know because I'll be switching immediately.

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1. bushbaba ◴[09 Jul 25 06:37 UTC] No.44506935[source]▶
Yes there is https://www.privacy.com/ which gives you a unique virtual credit card per subscription, which you can cancel from the bank.
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2. dmoy ◴[09 Jul 25 06:39 UTC] No.44506948[source]▶
That... doesn't necessarily work though?

If I tried that with my gym, they would send me to collections.

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3. codemac ◴[09 Jul 25 06:39 UTC] No.44506949[source]▶
Nowadays a problem is the subscriptions are all multiplexed through apple, google, and amazon.

I used to religiously use things like ynab, but now I need to find ways to export my amazon transactions, google play, etc. It's nearly impossible, and it makes me feel completely out of control.

4. MangoToupe ◴[09 Jul 25 08:51 UTC] No.44507697[source]▶
> If I tried that with my gym, they would send me to collections.

Let them. I don't know why people let services abuse them like this.

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5. dmoy ◴[09 Jul 25 15:22 UTC] No.44511165{3}[source]▶
> I don't know why people let services abuse them like this.

One reason is that the negative impact on your credit may end up costing you thousands and thousands of dollars if you e.g. need to get a mortgage

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6. MangoToupe ◴[09 Jul 25 18:45 UTC] No.44513500{4}[source]▶
Ok? It's worth self-sacrifice to push back against practices hostile to humanity, like credit. But conforming over a fucking gym membership just strikes me as spineless.