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The point is that fines and legal infractions are the cost of doing business. The government consistently fails to enforce laws in a meaningful way. We are indeed in the midst of a free for all, where "all" here refers to established interests wholly capable of buying legislation and courts.

The point is it heavily discourages this kind of mid subscription bait and switch.

Not living in a world where bait and switch / illegal business practices are 10x as common is the benefit of class action lawsuits not the occasional random check for $1.37 or worse a coupon etc. Long term they could have rolled out adds as people resubscribe and there’s no lawsuit, and next time they may consider doing so.

> What's the point then? It appears only lawyers stand to gain from this, as usual.

"lawyers stand to gain from this"