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In europe, afair, whenever a contract is changed to be worse for a party, that party has the right to cancel it right then and there without additional fees.

switch007 2y ago
There has to be some individual country nuance there. EU legislation for B2B is very limited for example (article is about B2B)
olex 2y ago
It's definitely the case in Germany for all insurances, electricity and other utilities, etc - they have long cancellation periods, but if the contract changes to your detriment (usually any sort of price increase), you're allowed to cancel immediately. It's even required that they remind you of that right in the same notification as the price increase.
- qwertox 2y ago
  > they have long cancellation periods This used to be. Now you only have to fulfill your first (long) period, and afterwards you can cancel any month. If they change the terms during the first period, as you mention, you can cancel immediately.
perihelions 2y ago
In Europe companies are obligated to intercept and scan images anyway, so you can't escape Adobe's new spyware terms by switching vendors; they'll all have the same ToS provision. (i.e. "for content review")
- tossandthrow 2y ago
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  - perihelions 2y ago
    Can I ask you to ask things more civilly please? HN is not a classless insult place like Reddit. The EU regulation I'm referring to is this one, that's been trending on HN for many months now: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40560391 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40560391 ("EU: Users who refuse scanning to be prevented from sharing photos and links (patrick-breyer.de)"; 4 days ago, 313 comments)
    - malermeister 2y ago
      This is just a draft though, right? Not actual legislation. So while still worrying, I think your post was inaccurate - it may be the case in the future, if things go poorly. But it isn't the case right now.
    - tossandthrow 2y ago
      > Can I ask you to ask things more civilly please? HN is not a classless insult place like Reddit. Please, I completely responded in your tone. Also, there was no personal attack, I merely called out that what you wrote was not correct. Yes, trending. First, you don't refer to that, Secondly, as my sibling say, this is not in effect. All in all, your comment was indeed ignorant and did not even make a note to support why you would say that. I would also ask you to please keep that commentary on reddit. Edit: seems like I am not the only one who thinks you comment is indeed classless given the other answers and the very gray text color. And lastly, please don't abuse the flagging system.
- tjoff 2y ago
  No.
- ttyyzz 2y ago
  Are you talking about possible future regulations that have not yet come into force? Are you aware that many drafts are very unrealistic and will never come into force?

switch007 2y ago

There has to be some individual country nuance there. EU legislation for B2B is very limited for example (article is about B2B)

olex 2y ago

It's definitely the case in Germany for all insurances, electricity and other utilities, etc - they have long cancellation periods, but if the contract changes to your detriment (usually any sort of price increase), you're allowed to cancel immediately. It's even required that they remind you of that right in the same notification as the price increase.

qwertox 2y ago
> they have long cancellation periods This used to be. Now you only have to fulfill your first (long) period, and afterwards you can cancel any month. If they change the terms during the first period, as you mention, you can cancel immediately.

perihelions 2y ago

In Europe companies are obligated to intercept and scan images anyway, so you can't escape Adobe's new spyware terms by switching vendors; they'll all have the same ToS provision. (i.e. "for content review")

tossandthrow 2y ago
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- perihelions 2y ago
  Can I ask you to ask things more civilly please? HN is not a classless insult place like Reddit. The EU regulation I'm referring to is this one, that's been trending on HN for many months now: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40560391 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40560391 ("EU: Users who refuse scanning to be prevented from sharing photos and links (patrick-breyer.de)"; 4 days ago, 313 comments)
  - malermeister 2y ago
    This is just a draft though, right? Not actual legislation. So while still worrying, I think your post was inaccurate - it may be the case in the future, if things go poorly. But it isn't the case right now.
  - tossandthrow 2y ago
    > Can I ask you to ask things more civilly please? HN is not a classless insult place like Reddit. Please, I completely responded in your tone. Also, there was no personal attack, I merely called out that what you wrote was not correct. Yes, trending. First, you don't refer to that, Secondly, as my sibling say, this is not in effect. All in all, your comment was indeed ignorant and did not even make a note to support why you would say that. I would also ask you to please keep that commentary on reddit. Edit: seems like I am not the only one who thinks you comment is indeed classless given the other answers and the very gray text color. And lastly, please don't abuse the flagging system.
tjoff 2y ago
No.
ttyyzz 2y ago
Are you talking about possible future regulations that have not yet come into force? Are you aware that many drafts are very unrealistic and will never come into force?