How come I can't cancel through my credit card?
It's great that the FTC is cracking down on this; but it seems like the credit card companies also should have some involvement too in making it easy to see what subscriptions you have, and making it easy to cancel subscriptions in a single location.
If we want that, we need laws to make it happen. It seems a lot of people want companies to act in certain ways out of the goodness of their heart, when what we need are good laws that support consumers. Back before credit card reform under Obama, credit card companies were among the most aggressive actors when it came to late charges and fees and just generally ruining people's lives. They still would be, except now there is a law.
The credit cards companies seems to be onboard.
https://fintechmagazine.com/articles/mastercard-enters-subsc...
The FTC or the govt can force (?. I'm not a US resident and know nothing of US regulatory bodies' powers) card networks and banks to make this possible. This is exactly how things work in India, as I mentioned in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36709947.