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Amazon execs may be personally liable for tricking users into Prime sign-ups (arstechnica.com)

submitted 5 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

My mom recently asked me to cancel her prime reading or whatever for her and it was infuriating. I was in the app and clicked cancel and it went to a browser where I had to click to cancel and that just opened the app where I had to click the same link that opened the browser that opened the app that opened the browser. I was getting fucking pissed when it suddenly finally opened the link in the browser so I could cancel. I'm 99% sure they actually have it coded to open in the browser after 10 tries or something to make it difficult but can't run afoul of legislation since you can technically do it if you are tenacious enough.

[–] SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 months ago

Companies that rely a lot on their phone apps, but exclude the “cancel/remove account” feature in the app are the worst. This should be illegal or regulated.