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Google confirms YouTube Music issue with Premium users hearing surprise ads (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 8 months ago by ryujin470@fedia.io to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 38 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Lol, there should be a law that if you pay for a service advertised as ad free, they have to refund you a month of service for each ad they show you.

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[–] bryndos@fedia.io 15 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Consumer protection laws probably do apply. Ask for a refund and cite whatever laws apply to 'product not as described'.

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[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I live in the US, what are consumer protection laws?

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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Trump says consumer protection laws cost us money silly, we don't need them.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/research/2026/02/estimating-the-cost-of-the-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-to-consumers/

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[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

Let's not pretend that the US' lax consumer protection laws have anything to do with Trump. The political elites have been helping the wealthy and corporations hinder those long before that dumbass ever ran for office.

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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I don't know, I am going to have to call BS on the idea that Kamala Harris would have dismantled the consumer protection bureau. On the other hand the Republicans have been trying to hamper it for awhile.

I agree that ultimately corporations are going to call the shots and they wanted it gone.

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