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FCC bans cable TV industry’s favorite trick for hiding full cost of service (arstechnica.com)
submitted 8 months ago by Wilshire to c/technology
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[–] Ep1cFac3pa1m 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I would hope this would also apply to the live TV streaming services like Hulu+live tv, Fubo, YouTube TV, etc. I looked into some of them, and the added fees took the monthly bill from like $83 a month to over $100 a month, but you don’t know that unless you read the disclaimers since they advertised it at $83 a month.

[–] AA5B 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Seems like it certainly needs to. I haven’t noticed any such added fees for the services I subscribe to. If true, that’s a good indication someone is seeking a competitive advantage by misleading potential customers, and good reason to act

[–] Ep1cFac3pa1m 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This isn’t the worst offender I’ve seen, but it’s still bullshit. They should never be able to advertise it at $84.99 when there are $30.99 in required fees

[–] AA5B 4 points 8 months ago

That would go immediately on my list of “never do business”