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Amazon Checkout. This should be illegal. (lemmy.one)
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That is not 2 separate buttons on the right, like I initially thought clicking through checkout.

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[–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago (2 children)

By the way, it is and amazon is already being sued by the US FTC.

[–] lagomorphlecture@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Internally they called cancellations the Iliad Process. If that isn't a sign that everything is super totally above board I don't know what is.

[–] GatoB@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

With a small fine with huge benefits as always?

[–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

TBD, but I would not be suprised. As an aside, I did not see any such shenenigans when buying from Amazon most likely because EU tends to be more liberal with the fines.