Companies Think Their Idiot Customers Will Accidentally Cancel Their Subscriptions if It's Too Easy
gizmodo.com
Trade groups told the FTC a simple "Click-to Cancel" proposal to easily quit subscriptions could actually lead customers to miss out on hot new deals.

Trade groups told the FTC a simple “Click-to Cancel” proposal to easily quit subscriptions could actually lead customers to miss out on hot new deals.

  • Cordoro@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    What if they accidentally click yes there too? Do you need a double sure confirmation? And a triple sure for that one? And so on?

    • DigitalWebSlinger@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      1 year ago

      And 15 confirmations in, once they’ve got the “click OK” rhythm going, we can put one that says “would you like to keep your subscription active?”

      • bert@lemmy.monsterEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        And a random screen where cancel means “exit out of this cancellation process” rather than “cancel subscription”