NYC is now the first city in America that bans sketchy subscriptions
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A federal version was halted by an appeals court.

Full title: NYC is now the first city in America that bans sketchy subscriptions / As of Thursday, the city’s click-to-cancel rule has taken effect, which requires businesses to make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up.

    • 13igtyme@startrek.websiteEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Planet fitness doesn’t have fuck you money to defend this in a lawsuit. They’ll comply to avoid being sued into irrelevance.

      • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        1 day ago

        well, they down from 9 Billion Enterprise value to 4 Bil this year, but that’s still pretty close to fuck you money :)

        • 13igtyme@startrek.websiteEnglish
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          1 day ago

          I wouldn’t call that close to fuck you money. Not with today’s dollar value. 4 billion is a rounding error to companies with fuck you money that regularly break the law.