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"Federal regulators have sued Amazon, alleging the company for years "tricked" people into buying Prime memberships that were purposefully hard to cancel.

The Federal Trade Commission, in a legal complaint..."

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m curious how difficult it is to cancel a Prime membership nowadays. I’ve canceled twice in the past, and as I recall it was just a matter of clicking an easy to find link. Has the process changed?

[–] ZheSquirrel 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It leads you through 3-4 different pages, hides the "Yes, cancel" button in different areas, and gives a lot of "Keep subscription" buttons with different wording.

It's not difficult, but at multiple steps you think you're done but your not. I had an issue a month or so back where I thought I canceled, until I saw a prime charge on my account. I imagine for someone not used to some of the tactics it's pretty bad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks, that’s really interesting. The cancellation process used to be much more straightforward. I wonder when they changed it.