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Re:US Court nullifies FTC requirement for click-to-cancel by crims0n on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @02:01PM (#44513044)
Plenty of well-meaning laws have unintended consequences. Intent does not absolve being the cause of the effect.
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Re:US Court nullifies FTC requirement for click-to-cancel by t-writescode on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @02:33PM (#44513378)
Sure, but the cookie law is a bad example of it.
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Re:US Court nullifies FTC requirement for click-to-cancel by vkou on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @03:02PM (#44513669)
This consequence is 100% intended to fuck with the UX of your website, if your business model is tracking users.

And it accomplishes that goal. A lot of people on this forum are quite unhappy about it, but that's not because it's an unforeseen consequence.

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