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by dylan604 1100 days ago
That’s just a light knocking on the door. If they even hear it to open that door, you’ll find sitting comfortably inside the much more well funded lobbyist from Amazon whispering sweet nothings into the ear of the Congress critter you just wasted money on
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This is depressing. On a more cheerful note, the FTC has already proposed a rule [0] called "Click to Cancel"

> Proposal seeks to make it as easy to cancel enrollment as it was to sign up

Fingers crossed. This FTC is a welcome change, thanks to having a young tech-savvy chairwoman who was a scholar. (The norm seems to be "old corporate executive.")

[0] https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/03/...

>This is depressing.

I clearly don't have a cheery outlook on how congress operates, or the ethics of most businesses.