To recap:
Firms have been making people jump through endless hoops just to cancel a subscription, trapping Americans in needless bureaucracy and wasting their time & money.
@FTC began writing a “click-to-cancel” rule promoting efficient cancellation, a rulemaking process that took 3+ years and required reviewing 16k comments & giving industry a chance to present their views at an FTC hearing.
Big business interests sued to block the “click-to-cancel” rule—and Republican-appointed judges tossed it out, concluding that industry needed MORE time and process to explain why they opposed the rule.
This exemplifies big obstacles to effective governance that deserve much more scrutiny than they currently receive.
I saw a dry January tip list that suggested you avoid friends who want to go to bar. as a non drinker can I weigh in and say that actually going to a bar, ordering a basket of fries with a soda feels like going to the moon and seeing god there