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This is what government is for. It's why I can't (and don't) take any libertarians seriously. You can't Yelp review your way into regulating society. It's just
by jmyeet 2y ago
This is what government is for. It's why I can't (and don't) take any libertarians seriously. You can't Yelp review your way into regulating society. It's just so naive and silly.
I was reminded of this recenntly when I saw a "hack" on how to cancel your Planet Fitness membership. As many would know, these gyms make it incredibly hard to cancel a subscription. It's their entire business model. Anyway, the "hack" is to set your address to somewhere in California, set your local gym to one near there and then you can use a hidden URL to cancel online without having to speak to anyone.
Why? Because CA passed a law that says that if you can sign up online, you have to be able to cancel online [1].
[1]: https://www.consumerprotectionreview.com/2021/11/california-passes-updated-automatic-renewal-law/ https://www.consumerprotectionreview.com/2021/11/california-...
- pptr 2y agoApp stores solved this problem long ago without any help from the government.
- AlexandrB 2y agoNo they didn't. At all. I can't unsubscribe to a wide variety things in an App Store. Indeed, one reason apps want to have control over their own payment processing is so they don't have to follow App Store rules for stuff like this. Moreover, App Stores are a bit of a local monopoly that has the power to dictate terms to their hosted apps. So the only way to solve this problem seems to be edicts from a controlling authority.