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White House Proposes Making Cancelling Subscriptions Easier (gizmodo.com)

submitted 2 months ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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The White House is calling their push the "Time is Money" initiative.

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[–] takeda@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's actually the plan. If it takes one click to subscribe it needs to be no more than one click to unsubscribe.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Amazon Prime Video Canada let me instantly (aka accidentally) subscribe to one of their extra channels. I had to go through a chat to cancel it.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The problem is enforcement.

Sure, one click....that's on a hidden div, that can only be accessed if your mouse does a very particular movement, one that mimics what you did during sign up.

[–] count_dongulus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Nah lawyers will be all over that, free money.

[–] takeda@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

If we would have more people like her: https://youtu.be/VT5TqDWFIis fighting for consumers stuff like that wouldn't be an issue.