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The European Commission says Amazon agreed to drop “dark patterns” from the process required to unsubscribe from its Prime membership across its sites in the EU

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  • @ii1111 David Smith on x
    Want to learn about “dark patterns” “nudging” and persuasion? Read this recent paper on the difficulties of canceling an Amazon prime subscription from the Norwegians. https://fil.forbrukerradet.no/ ... @ScottAdamsSays @jordanbpeterson @BretWeinstein @EricRWeinstein @ProfTimNoake…
  • @airavn Ailo on x
    Success! The European Commission have made Amazon change their cancellation procedure, as a result of our 2021 complaint. https://twitter.com/...
  • @finnmyrstad @finnmyrstad on x
    🎉This looks promising! Amazon will make it easier to cancel Prime following complaints from @forbrukerradet, @BEUC and several consumer organisations in Europe and the US. https://ec.europa.eu/... #deceptivedesign #darkpatterns https://twitter.com/...
  • @dreynders Didier Reynders on x
    When it comes to online services, unsubscribing should be just as quick and easy as subscribing. I welcome @amazon's commitment to simplifying and clarifying the process for 🇪🇺 consumers to cancel #AmazonPrime subscriptions 📦 ⤵️ https://ec.europa.eu/... https://twitter.com/...