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US Court nullifies FTC requirement for click-to-cancel

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574 points gausswho | 5 comments | 08 Jul 25 22:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.64s | source
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pjmlp ◴[09 Jul 25 09:47 UTC] No.44507998[source]▶
The consumer protection laws are so bad the other side of Atlantic.

Most European countries, have their own version of consumer protection agencies, usually any kind of complaint gets sorted out, even if takes a couple months.

If they fail for whatever reason, there is still the top European one.

Most of the time I read about FTC, it appears to side with the wrong guys.

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aqme28 ◴[09 Jul 25 12:05 UTC] No.44508987[source]▶
Absolutely. I don't know if it's the FTC or FCC, but the moment I swap back to my American SIM card on trips to the US, I start getting spam texts that I cannot get rid of. Meanwhile I get absolutely zero of these with my European number.
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1. rafram ◴[09 Jul 25 13:26 UTC] No.44509784[source]▶
People don't really use SMS in Europe, do they? WhatsApp spam is very pervasive, though.
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2. xcf_seetan ◴[09 Jul 25 14:07 UTC] No.44510232[source]▶
Actually I am european and use sms a lot. Dont even have WhatsApp installed... :)
3. xxs ◴[09 Jul 25 14:31 UTC] No.44510513[source]▶
>People don't really use SMS in Europe, do they

Europe is very far from being a single entity. Yet, SMS/RCS is popular enough, and in many countries WhatsApp is non-existent.

4. mrweasel ◴[09 Jul 25 17:55 UTC] No.44512993[source]▶
Everyone has SMS, they may also have WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger or whatever is popular in any given market, but everyone has SMS.
5. Ekaros ◴[09 Jul 25 18:24 UTC] No.44513279[source]▶
I don't think I get any corporate communication from WhatsApp it is all SMS. For chatting WhatsApp is popular, but companies just send SMS.