The US FTC adopts its final “click-to-cancel” rule requiring businesses to make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up, after proposing the rule in 2023
WOOT. … Rebekah Valentine / IGN : FTC New ‘Click to Cancel’ Rule Will Make it Easier to Cancel Subscription Services Justin Bachman / Payments Dive : FTC unveils final ‘click-to-cancel’ rule for consumers Craig Donaldson / Pocket-lint : Canceling your Netflix, Adobe, and Prime is about to get a whole lot easier Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost : Subscribed Online? You'll Soon Be Able To Cancel Online, Too, FTC Says. Michael Ruiz / PlayStation LifeStyle : Canceling PS Plus Will Be Easier Under New FTC Rule Kate Gibson / CBS News : What to know about new FTC rule making it easier to cancel subscriptions and memberships Scott Nover / Slate : It's About to Get Way Easier to Cancel Subscriptions. Thank God. Ben Patterson / TechHive : Cancelling streaming TV subscriptions is about to get easier Kelly Tyko / Axios : FTC finalizes rule that makes canceling subscriptions easier Matt Horne / Android Authority : FTC cracks down on subscription tricks with click-to-cancel rule Chase DiBenedetto / Mashable : Canceling subscriptions with one click just got way easier Alina Selyukh / NPR : Canceling subscriptions has to be as easy as signing up, FTC says in a new rule Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter : Federal Crackdown Begins On Streaming Services' Cancellation Policies NBC News : FTC moves to take the ‘frustration’ out of canceling subscriptions for consumers Brad Pareso / Adweek : Federal Crackdown Begins on Streaming Services' Cancellation Policies Jacob Siegal / BGR : The FTC is going to make it easier than ever to cancel subscriptions Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : The FTC makes it easier to cancel subscriptions like streaming services, memberships and Prime Tom Chivers / Semafor : US subscriptions easier to cancel Dave Parrack / MakeUseOf : The FTC Is Making It Easier for Everyone to Cancel Subscriptions Mastodon: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life@mas.to : The Biden administration has been crushing it this year when it comes to regulations addressing every day pain facing Americans from banning non-competes (sadly struck down by courts) to ordering airlines to give full refunds for cancellation or significant delays. — This is another great example of the trend. … @khthoniaa@pagan.plus : Finally: Some good news! Businesses offering subscription services (gyms, video streaming, gaming, and more) will soon be required to make it much easier to cancel! — https://www.theverge.com/... X: Pete Buttigieg / @petebuttigieg : It's infuriating when it's practically impossible to cancel something - gym membership, magazine subscription - that was so easy to sign up for. Seeing the FTC put an end to that is one more reason I'm thankful for the Biden-Harris administration. Rob Bonta / @agrobbonta : Great news out of the @FTC today with a final “click-to-cancel” rule making it easier for consumers to end recurring memberships and subscriptions. My office is proud to support this crucial new rule that will help put money back in the pockets of consumers. Elizabeth Warren / @senwarren : No more searching for how to cancel your subscriptions. Today, the FTC finalized a “Click-to-Cancel” rule to make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up for one. Thank you, @linakhanFTC! [image] @buildingback_us : Tired of paying for subscriptions you don't want because they seem impossibly hard to cancel? The Biden-Harris Administration's new “click-to-cancel” rule will require corporations to make it just as easy to cancel their services as it was to sign up! https://www.ftc.gov/... @ftc : FTC announces final “Click-to-Cancel” Rule making it easier for consumers to end recurring subscriptions and memberships: https://www.ftc.gov/... #ClicktoCancel /1 Scott Horsley / @horsleyscott : The new rule takes effect in six months. The FTC dropped a requirement that businesses send customers an annual reminder of their subscription. https://www.ftc.gov/... Scott Horsley / @horsleyscott : The Federal Trade Commission has finalized its “click to cancel” rule, designed to make it as easy to drop out of subscriptions and memberships as it is to sign up. We reported last year on the high cost of unwanted and forgotten subscriptions. https://www.npr.org/... LinkedIn: Adam Riemer : In bigger news today, the FTC made a decision on click to cancel with subscription services and online subscriptions. … Jordan Thompson : The FTC has announced a “click-to-cancel” rule to protect consumers by making it easier to cancel subscriptions. … Natalie Foster : We've all found ourselves jumping through endless hoops to cancel a subscription. The Federal Trade Commission's new “Click to Cancel” … Forums: r/Destiny : Planet Fitness BTFO r/webdev : Federal Trade Commission Announces Final “Click-to-Cancel” Rule Making It Easier for Consumers to End Recurring Subscriptions and Memberships r/uspolitics : The FTC is finally making it easier to cancel your gym membership, with new “click to cancel” rule r/PlanetFitnessMembers : Maybe this will stop the “I can't cancel!” posts.. r/antiMLM : FTC announces “click to cancel” rule r/politics : The FTC is finally making it easier to cancel your gym membership | The FTC's ‘click-to-cancel’ rule will stop companies from making you take unnecessary steps to cancel a subscription See also Mediagazer