Re:“Click to subscribe, call to cancel” is illegal, FTC says
by matheusmoreira on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @06:46AM
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How could it not invalidate the contract? Services are provided after payment is made. If no payment is made, no service is provided.
Re:“Click to subscribe, call to cancel” is illegal, FTC says
by manigandham on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @07:06PM
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Those are not universal terms, and are actually defined in the contract which you seem to have not read. Grace periods, minimum commitments, subscription lengths, and/or post-paid terms are all common.
Ironically there are far more complaints about cloud providers shutting down entire business operations because of a late payment here on HN. Perhaps you should consider this more thoroughly instead of escalating a single unfortunate anecdote into a strawman argument against how business billing works.
Re:“Click to subscribe, call to cancel” is illegal, FTC says
by soco on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @06:57AM
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Have you ever read your contracts? Maybe it would be time to do so now, before you run into troubles with collectors.
Re:“Click to subscribe, call to cancel” is illegal, FTC says
by matheusmoreira on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @07:11AM
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Of course. I just opened up a contract I signed with a legal firm. It says lack of payment ends the contract.
Why can't everything be simple and easy? Maybe somebody needs to pass a law to make it so.
It's definitely frustrating to cancel, and this is a good ruling that will help make it easier, but it's still your responsibility to do so.