dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoCable Firms to FTC: We Shouldn’t Have to Let Users Cancel Service With a Clickwww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1574arrow-down16
arrow-up1568arrow-down1external-linkCable Firms to FTC: We Shouldn’t Have to Let Users Cancel Service With a Clickwww.wired.comdantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareAdamEatsAss@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·11 months agoWhat consequences don’t I understand? Like not having cable?
minus-squareM500@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·11 months agoTo play devils advocate, my guess might be that consumers will have to schedule to return hardware or something. But honestly, it’s just so they can bully people when they try to cancel.
minus-squareArbiter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoYeah, it wouldn’t be hard to just charge for the hardware if it isn’t returned.
minus-squareevatronic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoShit, Comcast has a pretty decent change of charging you for the hardware even if you do return it.
What consequences don’t I understand? Like not having cable?
To play devils advocate, my guess might be that consumers will have to schedule to return hardware or something. But honestly, it’s just so they can bully people when they try to cancel.
Yeah, it wouldn’t be hard to just charge for the hardware if it isn’t returned.
Shit, Comcast has a pretty decent change of charging you for the hardware even if you do return it.
Lol