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Re:FTC Announces "Click-to-Cancel" Rule Making It Easier to ... by llamaimperative on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @11:03AM (#41859890)
Can you point to an example that's close to what you're describing?

Only thing that comes to mind is like de facto parts of Mexico, maybe Somalia?

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Re:FTC Announces "Click-to-Cancel" Rule Making It Easier to ... by admissionsguy on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @11:20AM (#41860136)
The US is the closest, but not close and it is getting further away. The lawless parts of the world you mention do not take care of the existentially necessary bits.
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Re:FTC Announces "Click-to-Cancel" Rule Making It Easier to ... by llamaimperative on Thursday October 17, 2024 @10:09AM (#41869843)
> do not take care of the existentially necessary bits.

That can't be true... people exist there. Turns out your heuristic is no more defensible than anyone else's: I want the government to provide precisely the services I want.

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