<story><title>New California law requires one-click subscription cancellations</title><url>https://thedesk.net/2024/09/california-one-click-subscription-cancellation-law/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>JusticeJuice</author><text>While I&amp;#x27;m a bit dubious of how they&amp;#x27;ll define a &amp;#x27;one click&amp;#x27; flow, this is a great move. Maybe auto-subscribing free trials can be banned next?&lt;p&gt;I live in France, and they do everything possible to make subscriptions hard to cancel - I signed up to my gym online, but if I want to cancel it I need to send their headquarters a physical letter in the post, and expect a 4-6 week processing time haha.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jillesvangurp</author><text>There are a few services in Germany that you can use to cancel a wide range of things. They use exactly the right wording and channels with each of them. They&amp;#x27;ll send faxes, snail mail, etc. Take care of escalating, etc. Whatever needs doing. Kind of hilarious and sad at the same time that that is a thing.</text></comment>
<story><title>New California law requires one-click subscription cancellations</title><url>https://thedesk.net/2024/09/california-one-click-subscription-cancellation-law/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>JusticeJuice</author><text>While I&amp;#x27;m a bit dubious of how they&amp;#x27;ll define a &amp;#x27;one click&amp;#x27; flow, this is a great move. Maybe auto-subscribing free trials can be banned next?&lt;p&gt;I live in France, and they do everything possible to make subscriptions hard to cancel - I signed up to my gym online, but if I want to cancel it I need to send their headquarters a physical letter in the post, and expect a 4-6 week processing time haha.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dexterdog</author><text>It is only required if you also have a 1 click sign up which is not that common.</text></comment>