This is the FTC’s rule, but nothing prevents each and every state from implementing a law to do the exact same thing, except slightly differently than every other state, making it extremely costly for the companies to implement.
FTC’s click-to-cancel rule has been struck down by federal judges at the eleventh hour
Submitted 1 day ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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r0ertel@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
The problem with subscription services is that it’s fairly easy to argue it’s interstate commerce that states don’t have jurisdiction over.
Zanz@lemmy.ml 9 hours ago
California has the law and visa is based in california. We can push them to make it so that if any site accepts visa they have to follow california’s lawn click to cancel. It’ll be a nice change from them trying to ban the anime, and do something useful.
AngryRobot@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
That would also invalidate all of the porn site ID laws.
DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
I was really hoping this would go into effect so I could sign up for a gym membership. I’ll never sign up with a gym again…Their cancellation processes are offensive and predatory.
The “click-to-cancel” rule would force gyms to allow you to cancel your gym membership as easily as you signed up for it.
For some reason these businesses are against losing the free money they get for making it hard to cancel subscriptions.
It’s been a law in Germany for three years now:
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Well it’s good to know that the courts are willing to tell the executive they can’t do things. Shame about it only applying when the feds are helping ordinary people
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 1 day ago
the FTC had failed to follow correct procedures and conduct an analysis before issuing the rule
The FTC is free to issue this again. They need to do it in accordance with the law next time.
limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
The current ftc doing something constructive?
Most likely situation is that this will not happen now, or years from now
Hackworth@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
industry associations and individual businesses [,] argued the FTC had failed to follow correct procedures and conduct an analysis before issuing the rule. The judge panel has agreed with them.
Three judges — two appointed by President Trump, one by President George H. W. Bush — found that the FTC’s rulemaking process was flawed and did not include early analysis of the rule’s possible economic effects. 1
“the law”
Doomsider@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
“the grift”
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
This was their last chance to do anything before they’re gutted. Guess we deal with the wave of bullshit now.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
what a shocker trump fucking over everyone again
lukaro@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
I’d expect the Spanish inquisition long before I expect the government to do something good for the people.
altphoto@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Just for that I’m going to put things in my Amazon and eBay accounts and just keep swapping stuff without buying anything for weeks at a time.
thedarkenedwing@piefed.social 1 day ago
So per the latest Supreme Court ruling, this only applies to that explicit case then, right?.... Right?
y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Doesn’t that ONLY apply to whatever circuit it’s in?
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
We literally cannot have even one nice thing in this country. You best start believin’ in cyberpunk dystopias… because you’re in one.
DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
I expected nothing yet I’m still disappointed…
sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Especially with all the talk of Transhumanism getting more common
dan69@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Most likely I’ll have to snail mail an unsubscribe to subscription with a check won’t I?
y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I wonder if replying to a “do not reply” email 1000 times a second would have any ill effect in their servers.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Deep cut