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US Court nullifies FTC requirement for click-to-cancel

(arstechnica.com)
586 points gausswho | 1 comments | 08 Jul 25 22:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.568s | 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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dudeinjapan ◴[09 Jul 25 14:10 UTC] No.44510263[source]▶
A Civil law (Roman law) system might have upheld the FTC's click-to-cancel rule in spite of missteps because it serves the public good. But in common law, process is king--as is protecting individual rights (including the rights of shady marketers.)
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1. anticensor ◴[09 Jul 25 16:34 UTC] No.44512027[source]▶
In certain civil law systems such as Turkey, the process is still king, in fact more important than in the US because of the preponderance of positive law in civil law.