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The received wisdom is that the Trump administration does big business' bidding. Thus, the FTC rescinds federal click to cancel.

But now CA passed its own click to cancel. Surely other states will follow.

How is fighting dozens of different statutes better than working around one in federal courts that are backed up by the business friendly Supreme Court? Businesses are greedy but they aren't dumb. What am I missing?

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Oh dip, I missed this entirely. Only saw the Federal news and thought, "Maybe again in four more years."

Now I might sign up for the local gym that opened up, knowing they cannot jerk me around when I want to leave.

Tip to others that may have this issue: If you need to cancel Planet Fitness (may work for other national gyms), move your home gym to a location in California and an option to cancel online appears.

Or just start charging back their fees

That does not absolve the debt. From their perspective, you are refusing to pay, and they are entitled to send you to collections.

I think you're comparing apples and oranges: a federal rule vs a state law. I don't know what kind of federal click-to-cancel legislation initiatives exist, but I know the last two federal digital privacy bills have failed because big tech wants a watered-down federal 'ceiling', while tech states (like CA) want a baseline federal 'floor' that doesn't preempt their more advanced state protections.

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Well, but more than that, the executive is dumber. They can't wage some complex strategic battle through legislation when the guy in charge needs his talking points fed to him through Fox & Friends. Get a win for business, it keeps the checks rolling in to keep fighting the ideologue war. They'll lose the small battles but eventually win the war.

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