Governor Gavin Newsom has signed California's "click to cancel" Assembly Bill 286 into law to make it easier for consumers to opt out of subscriptions.

Governor Gavin Newsom has signed California’s “click to cancel” Assembly Bill 286 into law to make it easier for consumers to opt out of subscriptions. The bill, introduced in April 2024, forces companies that permit online or in-app sign-ups to allow for online or in-app unsubscribing as well.

"AB 2863 is the most comprehensive ‘Click to Cancel’ legislation in the nation, ensuring Californians can cancel unwanted automatic subscription renewals just as easily as they signed up — with just a click or two,” said California Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo.

  • NineMileTower@lemmy.world
    46·
    2 days ago

    That’s literally how the government was designed though. Do you believe that there should be a Constitutional amendment to protect porn and ease of subscription cancellation? I agree that the system is flawed, but a win here deserves to be celebrated even though there was a loss somewhere else.

    • pory@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      15 hours ago

      There is a constitutional amendment that protects porn though. The first. What’s changed in Texas isn’t porn’s legality, but restrictions on distribution (though yes, Texas’s law is useless and completely misunderstands the internet’s dynamics)

      • NineMileTower@lemmy.world
        24·
        2 days ago

        Sarcasm is not lended to text very well. Can you understand that a state that makes a good law is a good thing and that nuance exists.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          5·
          2 days ago

          Please give me the nuance where a click to cancel law makes sense in California and not in all 49 other states.

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
              3·
              2 days ago

              Because there is no such nuance. This should be a federal law. It isn’t because the federal government has been too weakened by Republicans over decades. Which was my point.

              • Cataphract@lemmy.ml
                17·
                2 days ago

                I’ve been online for like 30 minutes and every post I’m going into has you arguing with someone. Are you doing alright today?

                • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
                  1·
                  2 days ago

                  1. That’s not true, just look at my post history.

                  2. If I believed for a second you actually cared how I was doing, we might discuss it. But I don’t.

                  • Cataphract@lemmy.ml
                    15·
                    2 days ago
                    1. just anecdotal, like I said from posts I’m viewing, I won’t pick apart your post history for an opportunity for you to argue more :P
                    2. K, I was attempting to care but it doesn’t matter. Trying to create a more positive perspective of you to myself (since you’re so prevalent around here) and I see that I’ve failed lol
            • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
              3·
              2 days ago

              You didn’t provide any context. You’ve just named a federal program that has nothing to do with this law, which is about automatic subscription renewals. You certainly haven’t explained why being able to click to cancel such a program is a good thing in California and a bad thing in all 49 other states.