FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices

Re:FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices by throwuxiytayq on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @01:44PM (#42453483)

I mean technically, sure. But isn’t that a bit roundabout? There is no real life reason why unsubscribing should be more than a few clicks of effort. If it takes more than 30 seconds, something has gone horribly wrong. Keep companies to that standard, instead of giving them an opportunity to calculate that precisely 9 minutes of wait time doesn’t cost them much and is sufficient for 70% of customers to give up, or something.

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Re:FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices by kevincox on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @01:48PM (#42453524)

The idea is that this can be extended naturally to may situations. Warranty claims, insurance claims...

If you just add a fine with a threshold it is actually much harder to pick the right fine amount. This way it has some sort of degree of scaling naturally. A small delay is less costly to you than a long delay rather than being all-or-nothing.

I agree that for simple things like unsubscribing a button can be mandated, but for other causes of calls to customer support it isn't that simple.

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Re:FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices by throwuxiytayq on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @01:54PM (#42453570)

I agree that the idea generalizes well.

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