Thread: FTC sues amazon over dark patterns
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Old 09-26-2025, 12:47 PM   #129
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The FTC is suing amazon for hounding non-prime to join prine multiple times during a purchase checkout to the poing of making the final click to buy likely to also join prime. In addition, the FTC says the number of clicks required to cancel prime excessive enough to be part of the suit.

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/21/11834...zon-over-prime
This suit has been settled for $2.5 billion. amazon wasn't required to admit wrongdoing but are required to stop doing the wrongs they were accused of. Possibly the worst for them, they are required to pay for monitoring by an independent third party compliance supervisor.

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news...against-amazon
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