There is no measure so small that the corporate world won't throw a conniption. Take #ClickToCancel, the FTC's reasonable idea that if you sign up for a recurring payment subscription with a single click, you should be able to cancel it with a single click.

The tooth-gnashing and scenery-chewing over this is *wild*. America's biggest companies have wheeled out their biggest guns, claiming that if they make it too easy to unsubscribe, they will lose money.

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YES PLEASE!

#ClickToCancel
#CancelZuckerberg
#CancelElonMusk
#CancelSocialMedia
#CancelRupertMurdoch
#CencelRepugliQunts

https://9to5mac.com/2023/03/23/ftc-click-to-cancel-subscriptions/

Cancelling my 'free' Prime subscription meant five screens asking me if I was sure. Stopping a Patreon pledge was a ten minute search.

This rule would make that bullshit illegal.

Once the rule is open for public comments--please comment!

#ClickToCancel #FTC #USPolitics

https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/23/23652373/ftc-click-to-cancel-subscription-service-dark-patterns-ban

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/03/federal-trade-commission-proposes-rule-provision-making-it-easier-consumers-click-cancel-recurring