{"id":60263,"date":"2024-06-17T11:56:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T15:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=2962226ff0f89664ce7e2a19b5254472"},"modified":"2024-06-17T11:56:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T15:56:30","slug":"us-sues-adobe-for-subscriptions-that-are-too-hard-to-cancel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=60263","title":{"rendered":"US sues Adobe for subscriptions that are too hard to cancel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/6\/17\/24180196\/adobe-us-ftc-doj-sues-subscriptions-cancel\">The Verge -  All Posts<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color : #fff7d5;\n\t\t\tborder-width : 1px; padding : 5px; border-style : dashed; border-color : #e7d796;margin-bottom : 1em; color : #9a8c59;\">Article note: This is a scam I'd like to see addressed more aggressively. \nAdobe are pretty high on the list of offenders, so it makes a good case.<\/div><figure>\n      <img alt=\"Adobe\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/pKPoNplng3wcDqLoylHubNditfk=\/0x0:3000x2000\/1310x873\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/73412258\/acastro_STK124_04.0.jpg\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <figcaption>Illustration by Alex Castro \/ The Verge<\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n\n  <p>The US government is suing Adobe for allegedly hiding expensive fees and making it difficult to cancel a subscription. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/system\/files\/ftc_gov\/pdf\/adobe_complaint.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">complaint filed on Monday<\/a>, the Department of Justice claims Adobe &ldquo;has harmed consumers by enrolling them in its default, most lucrative subscription plan without clearly disclosing important plan terms.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit alleges Adobe &ldquo;hides&rdquo; the terms of its annual, paid monthly plan in the &ldquo;fine print and behind optional textboxes and hyperlinks.&rdquo; In doing so, the company fails to properly disclose the early termination fee incurred upon cancellation &ldquo;that can amount to hundreds of dollars,&rdquo; the complaint says.<\/p>\n<p>When customers do attempt to cancel, the DOJ alleges that Adobe requires them to go through an &ldquo;onerous...<\/p>\n  <p>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/6\/17\/24180196\/adobe-us-ftc-doj-sues-subscriptions-cancel\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue reading&hellip;<\/a>\n  <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illustration by Alex Castro \/ The Verge<\/p>\n<p>  The US government is suing A&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=60263\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}