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US Court nullifies FTC requirement for click-to-cancel

(arstechnica.com)
575 points gausswho | 1 comments | 08 Jul 25 22:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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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. rlpb ◴[09 Jul 25 09:23 UTC] No.44507885[source]▶
Legally, this isn't sufficient. Your subscription contract is independent of your payment method. If you don't pay, that doesn't necessarily mean that your subscription is cancelled, and you could end up in court and lose.

What is necessary is regulatory (or statutory) enforcement of easy, online notice of cancellation, without a company able to frustrate you giving them (and them recording and acknowledging) that notice.