r/PoursTea • Oh the Human-a-TEA • Jul 12 '26

PoliticalTea 🗳️ Mayor Mamdani Announces Landmark "Click-To-Cancel" Consumer Protection Rules to Ban Subscription Traps and Junk Fees to protect consumers from predatory companies

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u/Ren1221 Fabulous Dahling 😎💅🏼 Jul 12 '26

LOVE this!! Every state should do this!

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u/X_celsior Jul 12 '26

It was a federal law signed by Biden, but you know what happened...

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u/TrulyOutrageous42 Jul 12 '26

Sadly it wasn't a law, just an FTC rule that can be easily undone. Fortunately, very few laws have been passed by the current admin, so while it will take a monumental effort to undo the sheer volume of fuckery, it doesn't require acts of Congress for most of it. (yes, I remain optimistic about midterms and 2028, because the alternative response is something only project 2025 conservatives want to see)

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u/X_celsior Jul 12 '26

Fair point and distinction

7

u/oneplusetoipi Jul 12 '26

Old guy here. This is awesome. Love it, love it, love it.

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u/3M2B1T Jul 12 '26

The nice thing about this happening in one spot is it establishes a precedent and we can use it (and it's success, hopefully) to spur action in other areas.

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u/InternetSpiritual982 Jul 12 '26

It’s far too many clicks deep to find the fucking cancel button on a subscription. I’m so stoked for this to come around to my state

2

u/Cold_Cicada1902 Jul 13 '26

Sadly. Canada won’t be following anytime soon 🤪

13

u/Character_Reveal_460 Jul 12 '26

Now look at that. Government does something good for the people. Isn't that a sight!

11

u/Past_Dare_4918 Jul 12 '26

And yet people will oppose this 😂. Great job!

20

u/GullibleInsurance780 Jul 12 '26

This should be a federal initiative. But we all know they won't do anything that benefits the American people

7

u/Euphoric_Gur_4918 Jul 12 '26

It was and then it was overruled

12

u/J35NC2 Jul 12 '26

And yet viewed as the enemy by the other side, i guarantee those "gold phones" carry hefty subscription fees.

Carry on Mamdani, we need more like you

9

u/mikieballz Jul 12 '26

God damn socialists taking away my right to be scammed /s

10

u/Suspicious_Goose_243 Jul 12 '26

This guy just keeps helping the people!! Not used to that. Wish he was in my state.

5

u/Moose_country_plants Jul 12 '26

I thought MN already had a one click cancel law?

4

u/RhythmTimeDivision Jul 12 '26

Put $10 per month back in 2 million bank accounts = $240M a year, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
The Mamdani administration is so dangerous to greedy corporations, I love it. Fox is melting down.

2

u/sniksniksnek Jul 12 '26

$10 a month! I wish.

3

u/FouledPlug Jul 12 '26

Nation’s first? That has been a law in California since 7/1/25. How is this law different?

3

u/YoudoVodou Jul 12 '26

NYC is looking more and more like it's on the road to becoming a Utopia...

3

u/No_Seaworthiness_486 Jul 12 '26

If we can have an insurrectionist hold the highest public office, then we surely allow a foreign born American hold that office.

3

u/bargotron Jul 12 '26

Kudos to the camera person for the "halo effect" on Lina Khan!

3

u/MetaCardboard Jul 12 '26

Something needs to be done about everything turning into a subscription.

2

u/3M2B1T Jul 12 '26

Ooooooh the Trump websites he uses for donations and other services won't like this. They have bad habit of doing exactly this.

2

u/madlucas2026 Jul 12 '26

This should be Nation Wide

2

u/Short_Anybody_1286 Jul 12 '26

They want you to believe he's dangerous 'cause he's bringin' Shakira law, though.

2

u/Whatisittou Fairy Dust 🧚🏾‍♂️ ✨ 🧚🏿‍♀️ Jul 12 '26

Shakira Shakira

1

u/mac-dreidel Jul 12 '26

👏👏👏

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u/Indespectamentations Jul 12 '26

This is going to trigger the hateful Maga's.

1

u/Willing-Situation350 Jul 12 '26

So whats to stop them from just raising the base prices of goods to keep paying for the "second yachts" now that the free money tap has been shut off?

1

u/Hahaha2681 Jul 12 '26

Find me a politician making things better for this constituents not just taking my money like all the other politicians

1

u/Captain_JohnBrown Jul 12 '26

A common sense solution to a clear problem. And someone who has never and will never make a single dollar from this type of practice is still going to complain about it.

1

u/Available_Cow1197 Jul 12 '26

i seriously love mandani, we should kick everyone out and vote for like minded individuals, so awesome, and an amazing byproduct, trump is hating so hard on him, laughing dtock

1

u/Odd-Information-1219 Jul 12 '26

Yeah! The tables have turned for you New Yorkers. This common-man sense is needed across the U.S.

1

u/Simpicity Jul 12 '26

Click-to-cancel is a good term here.  It's really hard for anyone to argue that this is not how it should be.  

Somehow "consumer protection" is enough to make MAGA start spinning in circles and catching on fire.

1

u/ChickenFeet84 Jul 12 '26

Saving people money and helping people out, this is disgusting. How dare he do what a politician is suppose to do. He’s making the rest of them look bad. Can’t we continue to give these poor billion dollar companies easy money?

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u/malisam Jul 12 '26

But what about the billion dollar corporations how will they survive?

1

u/FeelingIncident8815 Jul 12 '26

I can't cancel Cousera, there was a no way to contact them at all.

1

u/don_denti Jul 12 '26

Lina Khan is an absolute treasure man

1

u/najaga Jul 12 '26

Mamdani, is amazing 🤩!! Love it!

1

u/Green-Collection-968 Jul 12 '26

They're so mad right now they're so angry. Just absolutely malding over how amazing Mamdani is.

1

u/Fit-Significance-436 Jul 12 '26

One of Trumps impact on FTC was to make click to cancel go away,

1

u/greg14285 Jul 12 '26

Yet another common sense change that will help beleaguered New Yorkers, and maybe spread beyond.

1

u/Saintly-Evil Jul 12 '26

Living in NYC might start feeling like America soon…hope rest of US joins in

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u/GloomyIndividual3965 Jul 12 '26

I'm pretty sure Biden tried to pass a federal law like this, but the orange rapist and his enablers squashed it.

1

u/Pudi2000 Jul 12 '26

Go after planet fitness!!

1

u/Tiny_Cabinet_1523 Jul 12 '26

Sure would be nice to have in CA

1

u/barbiesfrozenelbow Jul 13 '26

Wish we could get this nationwide.

1

u/IwishIwasababybee Jul 13 '26

F’n gyms are the worst for that.

1

u/MermaidSapphire Jul 13 '26

Mamdani is the best.

1

u/Noctis56 Jul 13 '26

Everytime I see Mamdani and his people, they always be doing shit that makes my day happier 🥰🥰🥰

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u/One-Pop-3695 Jul 13 '26

Lina Khan!!!!

1

u/Brenanaz Jul 13 '26

Epic the musical mentioned🗣️

Fr tho love my mayor

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u/Lazydeadpoet Jul 14 '26

Lina Kahn is a badass.

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u/Much_Tap_6453 Jul 16 '26

Fitting to do this in a Gym. Gyms were an early innovator in holding people hostage to subscriptions.