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FTC ‘Click to Cancel’ rule makes canceling subscriptions as easy as starting them

Subscriptions are getting much easier to manage thanks to the new FTC “Click to Cancel” rule that blocks companies from deceptive or malicious tactics that keep customers from canceling.

App subscriptions can be managed in the App Store

We’ve all had a subscription we wanted to cancel but discovered the price of keeping it was worth avoiding the hassle. A new rule from the Federal Trade Commission will go into effect in 180 days that will make it easier for customers to cancel pesky subscriptions.

According to the release from the FTC, companies essentially have to make it as easy to cancel a subscription as it is to sign up for one. If you sign up for a subscription online, for example, you must be able to cancel it online.

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