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Re:California law requires businesses to let you cancel your... by NullPrefix on Thursday July 05, 2018 @05:51PM (#17467168)
If more people do this, the scammers may stop supporting this workflow and force deaf users to get their friends to call.
Re:California law requires businesses to let you cancel your... by mynameisvlad on Thursday July 05, 2018 @05:57PM (#17467218)
Wouldn't that actually be illegal? Deafness is a medical condition and I doubt "get a friend to do it" would be a suitable accomodation.
Re:California law requires businesses to let you cancel your... by NullPrefix on Thursday July 05, 2018 @06:11PM (#17467294)
>Our workplace is illiterate, thus we cannot process your emails.
Re:California law requires businesses to let you cancel your... by mynameisvlad on Thursday July 05, 2018 @06:24PM (#17467378)
That excuse isn't going to fly when they get sued for not accommodating a disability. If anything, it'll cause a lawyer to pounce on the case like there's no tomorrow.
Re:California law requires businesses to let you cancel your... by Zhenya on Thursday July 05, 2018 @07:14PM (#17467672)
Pretty sure the grandparent comment was missing a /s
Re:California law requires businesses to let you cancel your... by s73v3r_ on Thursday July 05, 2018 @06:36PM (#17467451)
Well, if they're scammers, do you think they'll care?
Re:California law requires businesses to let you cancel your... by mynameisvlad on Thursday July 05, 2018 @06:59PM (#17467588)
This whole thread is about companies that don't support self-serve cancellation and require you to call in, so the "scammers" here would very much care considering it's companies like Comcast and the like.
Re:California law requires businesses to let you cancel your... by 0x00000000 on Thursday July 05, 2018 @06:18PM (#17467342)
Sometimes accelerationism is the only way
Re:California law requires businesses to let you cancel your... by amyjess on Thursday July 05, 2018 @05:53PM (#17467180)
And then they get buried in ADA lawsuits.
Re:California law requires businesses to let you cancel your... by SerLava on Thursday July 05, 2018 @10:10PM (#17468398)
I hope they do, and then they can get shut down.
Re:California law requires businesses to let you cancel your... by pkaye on Thursday July 05, 2018 @06:25PM (#17467382)
Then we need to deal with the scammers.
Re:California law requires businesses to let you cancel your... by Semirhage on Thursday July 05, 2018 @06:41PM (#17467479)
Then in Europe, the US and Canada at least, they’ll be in violation of various laws and open to be sued.