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Full title: NYC is now the first city in America that bans sketchy subscriptions / As of Thursday, the city's click-to-cancel rule has taken effect, which requires businesses to make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up.

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[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 96 points 1 day ago

So set my VPN to NYC, got it

[-] LeighWeighTacoma@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

A lot of them probably will require proof of address like a lot with the California laws.

[-] Carl@anarchist.nexus 61 points 1 day ago

And it’ll only take one NYC resident to challenge that before the requirement is outlawed. If it doesn’t require proof of address to sign up, it shouldn’t require proof of address to cancel.

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