FTC finalizes its new 'click to cancel' rule

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this is a pain in the ass to do programmatically
 
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1/11
@Phil_Lewis_
The FTC is finally making it easier to cancel your gym membership

It has adopted a “click-to-cancel” rule requiring businesses to make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up The FTC is finally making it easier to cancel your gym membership



2/11
@alexissTyler
Planet fitness is shaking right now



3/11
@itsmambafx
Good, these gyms be making cancelling a membership an escape room experience



4/11
@andreharris89
After it took me 174 years to cancel my planet fitness membership I ain’t never joined another gym since. Lmao 😂



5/11
@ChanceBlvd
Planet Fitness right now



6/11
@thecoachchris_
This will also apply to other subscription businesses

A lot of the world is becoming a subscription model because it’s more profitable but it’s not always the best for its customers



7/11
@KirryKirrie
They need to do something about political campaigns texting my phone



8/11
@kennethuyabeme
Praise be to our defender 🙏🏿



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9/11
@womenonthemove1
Great cause I had to almost fight LA Fitness to cancel my membership!!



10/11
@Hell1s
Finally! It always took an act of God to close gym memberships 🤦🏻‍♀️



11/11
@Angelica_Reed1
it's about time.




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The NYSC near me already cost $150, so I gladly pay $75 more if it means not having roaches in my gym.


Had me afraid to even take my shoes off to squat/deadlift:sadcam:

Wait HOW MUCH? NYSC was running $19.99 promos couple years back. When that change? :wtf:
 

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A 'click-to-cancel' rule, intended to make cancelling subscriptions easier, is blocked



Posted on Wed Jul 9 13:00:40 2025 UTC




Commented on Wed Jul 9 13:05:56 2025 UTC

A “click-to-cancel” rule, which would have required businesses to make it easy for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions and memberships, has been blocked by a federal appeals court just days before it was set to go into effect.

The Federal Trad Commission’s proposed changes, adopted in October, required businesses to obtain a customer’s consent before charging for memberships, Dropbox settles over auto-renew complaint in California and programs linked to free trial offers.

The FTC said at the time that businesses must also disclose when free trials or other promotional offers will end and let customers cancel recurring subscriptions as easily as they started them.

The rule was set to go into effect on Monday, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit said this week that the FTC made a procedural error by failing to come up with a preliminary regulatory analysis, which is required for rules whose annual impact on the U.S. economy is more than $100 million.

Anything to give businesses a leg up over the consumer. Regardless of the judge's ruling the FTC needs to submit it again. But given the changes since last October, it will be a lot more difficult to push it through this time around.


│ Commented on Wed Jul 9 13:09:30 2025 UTC

│ Oh God, its hard enough to cancel a gym membership already, don't make it worse...

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│ │ Commented on Wed Jul 9 13:55:59 2025 UTC
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│ │ Pro tip: if you want to cancel a planet fitness membership without having to send a letter or go in person, log into your account online and change your home gym to any one in California. You should then get the option to cancel it online.
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│ │ │ Commented on Wed Jul 9 15:44:05 2025 UTC
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│ │ │ This should be higher - I used this method to cancel my planet fitness membership. I just had to wait 24 hours for my home gym membership change to process
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