Sunday, October 27, 2024

Cable Companies Ask Courtt to Block Click-to-cancel Rule

Cable companies worry rule will make it hard to talk customers out of canceling.

Posted by LampLighter at 08:30 PM | 10 COMMENTS | permalink

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... Cable companies, advertising firms, and newspapers are asking courts to block a federal "click-to-cancel" rule that would force businesses to make it easier for consumers to cancel services ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-26 01:11 AM

Republicans accuse FTC Chair Lina Khan of overstepping in civil rights case: Waste of taxpayer resources' (October 10, 2024)
nypost.com

... Two House GOP committee chairs have accused Federal Trade Commission Chairperson Lina Khan of overstepping the limit of her powers and wasting taxpayer dollars in the process.

Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) sent a letter to Khan Thursday saying they were investigating a recent lawsuit by the FTC accusing Arizona-based Coulter Motor Company of discriminating against Latino patrons.

On average, Latino customers paid roughly $1,200 more in interest and other fees relative to their non-Latino white peers, the FTC alleged. The agency partnered with the state of Arizona on the case and the two sides came to a proposed $2.6 million settlement in August. ...


So, no surprise the GOP seems to have major issues with FTC Chairperson Khan.

She seem to be fighting for people, and not corporations.


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-26 01:17 AM

imo, the ability to cancel should be as easy.

... and don't get me started about Comcast's [lack of] customer support when asked a simple question ...

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-27 08:59 PM

imo, the ability to cancel should be as easy.

--- should be ---

imo, the ability to cancel should be as easy as it is to sign up.


Apologies.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-27 09:08 PM

Everything should be 'click to cancel'.
No more legalese, no more convoluted multiple
hoops to jump through. Just the 'voice of the people',
thumbs up, or thumbs down.

#5 | Posted by earthmuse at 2024-10-28 06:44 AM

Cable companies worry rule will make it hard to talk customers out of canceling.

That's the point of the rule.

Who pays for cable these days anyway?

#6 | Posted by qcp at 2024-10-28 08:47 AM

Starlink all the way baby.. No contracts and cancel anytime you want. It's designed for pay-as-you-go.

#7 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2024-10-28 09:06 AM

Vote for trump if you want to get rid of all biden's new rules against corporations screwing you over.

#8 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-10-28 01:20 PM

Cable companies: We want you to block the rule making it easy for consumers to cancel services.

Court: Why?

#9 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-10-29 07:29 AM

Two buttons - one for customers to cancel and opt out, and the other to negotiate first if the vendor actions can and need corrected.

#10 | Posted by Robson at 2024-10-29 07:57 AM

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