{"id":20167,"date":"2025-09-23T07:37:36","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T05:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/23\/too-tricky-to-cancel-amazon-faces-us-trial-over-alleged-prime-subscription-deceptions\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T07:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T05:37:36","slug":"too-tricky-to-cancel-amazon-faces-us-trial-over-alleged-prime-subscription-deceptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/23\/too-tricky-to-cancel-amazon-faces-us-trial-over-alleged-prime-subscription-deceptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Too tricky to cancel: Amazon faces US trial over alleged Prime subscription deceptions"},"content":{"rendered":"

E-commerce giant accused of using tricks to enroll millions into membership and making it nearly impossible to cancel<\/p>\n

Amazon<\/a> went to trial on Monday in a US government lawsuit that accuses the e-commerce giant of using tricks to enroll millions of customers in its Prime subscription service and then making it nearly impossible to cancel.<\/p>\n

The Federal Trade Commission\u2019s complaint, filed in June 2023, alleges that Amazon knowingly used designs known as \u201cdark patterns\u201d to deceive consumers into signing up for the $139-per-year Prime service during checkouts.<\/p>\n

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\nE-commerce giant accused of using tricks to enroll millions into membership and making it nearly impossible to cancel
\nAmazon went to trial on Monday in a US government lawsuit that accuses the e-commerce giant of using tricks to enroll millions of customers in its Prime subscription service and then making it nearly impossible to cancel.
\nThe Federal Trade Commission\u2019s complaint, filed in June 2023, alleges that Amazon knowingly used designs known as \u201cdark patterns\u201d to deceive consumers into signing up for the $139-per-year Prime service during checkouts. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

E-commerce giant accused of using tricks to enroll millions into membership and making it nearly impossible to cancel Amazon went to trial on Monday in a US government lawsuit that accuses the e-commerce giant of using tricks to enroll millions of customers in its Prime subscription service and then making it nearly impossible to cancel. …<\/p>\n

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