Hacker News with Generative AI: Subscriptions

Industry groups are suing the FTC to stop its click to cancel rule (theverge.com)
Three industry groups, the NCTA, the Electronic Security Association (ESA), and the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), are suing to prevent the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from enforcing its new “Click to Cancel” rule that requires companies to make it easy to cancel subscriptions.
Consumer Protection, Lawsuits, FTC, Regulation, Subscriptions
24 points by ohjeez 26 days ago | 1 comments
Guess who's suing the FTC to stop click to cancel (theverge.com)
Three industry groups are suing to prevent the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from enforcing its new “Click to Cancel” rule that requires companies to make it easy to cancel subscriptions, according to Reuters.
Lawsuits, FTC, Consumer Protection, Subscriptions, Regulations
11 points by miles 28 days ago | 5 comments
The End of Subscription Creep: New FTC Rule Simplifies Canceling Subscriptions (cnet.com)
The long-awaited Federal Trade Commission's "click to cancel" rule has been finalized. That means canceling your subscriptions is about to get easier.
Consumer Protection, FTC, Subscriptions
9 points by bethemoly 34 days ago | 2 comments
Mazda Annoys Owners by Making Remote Start a Subscription (techdirt.com)
One foundational belief of the “right to repair” movement is that consumers should actually own the technology they pay for. Unfortunately that’s increasingly not the case when it comes to carmakers, who are utterly insistent on not only charging people a flat retail price for a vehicle — but are also increasingly charging you additional fees or subscriptions for tech you already paid for that already exists in the vehicle.
Consumer Rights, Automotive Industry, Subscriptions
15 points by speckx 41 days ago | 0 comments
Vice Debuts a Subscription Product and Relaunches Its Print Magazine (adweek.com)
The digital media company Vice relaunched its print magazine and debuted its first subscription product on Tuesday, part of a broader renaissance of the publisher following its May 2023 bankruptcy filing.
Media, Magazines, Subscriptions, Print Media
5 points by r721 56 days ago | 2 comments
I won't be renewing my Pinboard subscription (kateva.org)
In the years following the Great Recession, from 2010 to 2013, many web services went offline. In retrospect that was the end of the Berners-Lee web.
Web Services, Online Services, Subscriptions, Web History
192 points by leotravis10 69 days ago | 95 comments
New macOS Sequoia permission prompts: a subscription you can't cancel (9to5mac.com)
macOS, Operating Systems, Privacy, Subscriptions
10 points by pimterry 104 days ago | 1 comments
FTC says Adobe used hidden fee to trap people into paying for subscription plans (consumer.ftc.gov)
FTC, Adobe, Subscriptions, Business, Law
31 points by tareqak 157 days ago | 3 comments
US sues Adobe for 'deceiving' subscriptions that are too hard to cancel (theverge.com)
Legal Issues, Technology, Adobe, Subscriptions
184 points by rcdemski 157 days ago | 4 comments