this post was submitted on 21 Apr 2025
242 points (99.2% liked)
Technology
69098 readers
3036 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related news or articles.
- Be excellent to each other!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
- Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.
Approved Bots
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Ehh, the process of canceling UO involves 1) being at least 48h before your next renewal, which is mentioned nowhere except the cancelation flow, and 2) contacting cs and going through retention bullshit. VS the sign-up process being two presses.
Don't let 'good' be the enemy of 'perfect', or whatevet that saying is.
Sorry, I forgot this: /s
I've sent so many letters to my state's attorney general over Amazon signing me up for subscriptions without notice and authorization.
It's just a cost of business for them.
What subscription(s) did Amazon sign you up for that you didn't authorize?
If anyone in my household clicked a thumbnail of a video provider through Prime Video on the TV, it would auto-enroll into a limited free trial, then renew as a subscription. There was no notification to the viewer of this behavior, and no authorization/approval from the cardholder.
My recourse has been to go into an obscure corner of my account to cancel after every erroneous click. (I know of the PIN thing, but that's a headache for everyone; it should be a pin to purchase, not forced for all users.)