Avoid the ‘Doom Loop’: New rule makes it easier to cancel subscriptions

The Federal Trade Commission approved a new rule this week that should make it easier for you to cancel a subscription you no longer want.

The “Click to Cancel” rule tells businesses what they must do and can no longer do to their subscribers.

“I think almost everybody I’ve talked to has a story about trying to cancel a product and how difficult it was,” said Erin Witte, director of consumer protection at the Consumer Federation of America. “And this is not by accident; this is by design.”

“The new rule is designed to deal with all the complaints the Federal Trade Commission gets, thousands of complaints about problems canceling

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