Governor Gavin Newsom has signed California's "click to cancel" Assembly Bill 286 into law to make it easier for consumers to opt out of subscriptions.

Governor Gavin Newsom has signed California’s “click to cancel” Assembly Bill 286 into law to make it easier for consumers to opt out of subscriptions. The bill, introduced in April 2024, forces companies that permit online or in-app sign-ups to allow for online or in-app unsubscribing as well.

"AB 2863 is the most comprehensive ‘Click to Cancel’ legislation in the nation, ensuring Californians can cancel unwanted automatic subscription renewals just as easily as they signed up — with just a click or two,” said California Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
      5·
      3 months ago

      F&$)@+ everything about “maybe later”. It was the last nail in the coffin for me, any company giving me that bullshit is immediately on my shit list and will be cut out, I’ll never do business with you ever again. Every new service I have is open source and self hosted, the only ones left that are not are Netflix, Spotify and (unfortunately for reasons) YouTube. Netflix will be put soon because arr matey, and Spotify will follow soon as well.

      I’m done with services and media from companies

      • pory@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        You can use pinchflat or tube archivist to “self-host” youtube as well. It still obviously gets the content from Google’s servers but lets you manage the videos locally (and even apply Sponsorblock if you like)