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Trade groups told the FTC a simple "Click-to Cancel" proposal to easily quit subscriptions could actually lead customers to miss out on hot new deals.

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[-] doctortofu@reddthat.com 176 points 1 year ago

The solution here would be to mandate full symmetry: if you require muliple steps and confirmations to UNsubscribe or cancel, you must have the exact same steps to subscribe too. I think it would fix this problem very quickly

[-] kadu@lemmy.world 93 points 1 year ago

I think one of the worst examples of this assymetry is Microsoft's Xbox Live subscription.

Using your console, you can easily turn it on and activate the subscription with your credit card. Using the very same console, it's literally impossible to cancel - you need to log into a PC.

[-] GuerrillaGrain@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Really? I swear I just disabled rebill from my console last week.

[-] kadu@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Perhaps they've finally updated it, but back when I owned an Xbox One that wasn't possible

[-] G_Wash1776@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

You can manage all your subscriptions directly from the Xbox

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