This was a federal rule, one guess who undid it.

So set my VPN to NYC, got it

It's pretty crazy that the most no-duh common-sense policies solely exist under the banner of "radical communism." Almost makes one question the political compass.

This should be illegal everywhere but if you're in a place where it's not, you can still make these fuckers eat a chargeback fee while getting all your money back if you go through your bank or credit card company to show them documentation that they're effectively holding you financially hostage by ignoring your requests to cancel and making cancellation inaccessible.

I got $800 back from a fraudulent "home warranty" from AHS this way and it was a pretty easy process via Visa. Even better that they got fined on top of being forced to give me a refund!

This is refreshing. I'm so tired of right wing people being like "the government can't do anything right and I'm going to prove it by sabotaging and starving the government".

California has something similar enough: https://www.engadget.com/general/californias-click-to-cancel-subscription-bill-is-signed-into-law-123058770.html.

Gyms would go bankrupt

It might be the first city, but the state of California has had this for many many years. It’s a great law.

Genuine question, how does a municipal government pass and enforce a law like this? Where I live I don't think a municipal government could do this (both practically and legally)

Who does this rule apply to and how would the city enforce it?

Just a friendly reminder that your city could be doing any of this right now as well.

Big Kwame does it again

But won't anyone think of all the lost revenue for these companies who purposely made it exceptionally difficult to cancel subscriptions

/s

Mandami is like Trump, you hear about something he does every day, but it doesn't make you wanna jump off a highway onto a much lower highway exclusively for tractor trailers, in Phoenix.

Good luck getting planet fitness to allow this.

Corporate only follows rules if they get enforcedht by, the city should have a portal for users to report abuse, and should hit them with 5% of their annual revenu as as fine.

Let's see of anyone makes me mail them a letter to sign up for their service...

Privacy.com lets you create virtual debit cards you can use for subscription services. Makes it easy to cancel subscriptions, as you can simply revoke the virtual card tied to the service without having to change payment methods on everything else.

Good they should do that and if a federal court halted it, is that court nuts or is it a constitutional issue the court has to deal with kind of.

How the hell did we end up living in a world where common sense is considered revolutionary?