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Cable lobby and Republicans fight proposed ban on early termination fees / Customers should be allowed to cancel cable TV without penalty, Democrats say

Cable lobby and Republicans fight proposed ban on early termination fees / Customers should be allowed to cancel cable TV without penalty, Democrats say::Customers should be allowed to cancel cable TV without penalty, Democrats say.

spudwart ,

Republican Party: We hate you, fuck you.

Republican voters: I want those guys!

RagingRobot ,

Wait til streaming services start having contracts. That’s next

r3df0x ,

If you feel comfortable giving your SSN to privacy.com, you can just give them a privacy.com credit card number and then cancel whenever you want.

You could probably do the same thing with a reloadable prepaid card and then just withdraw all the money whenever you want to stop paying.

Dark_Arc ,
@Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg avatar

I mean it could still be a breach of contract. Chances are they won’t pursue you in court though

r3df0x ,

Technically, but it’s not likely. They’d probably do more damage to their reputation then it would be worth.

Crashumbc ,

Cable companies don’t have reputations

alienanimals ,

Internet plans too?

Reality_Suit ,

Got rid of cable T.V. a long time ago. I endorse pirating everything until the rich start to feel it.

HawlSera ,

But tell me how both parties are the same. The Right is literally punishing people for not wanting the product of a private company!

quo ,

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    Blackmist ,

    Why aren’t any Democrats talking about how GDP per capita is 4x higher than a year ago

    Last year was 62k and this year is 64k.

    On what planet is that 4 times higher?

    intensely_human ,

    I mean, the fees are disclosed up front

    andrewta ,

    where are people living that they have termination fees on cable tv? I am in Minnesota with Spectrum (previously charter (previously something else)) … I could call in tomorrow and drop the service and there wouldn’t be a termination fee. They would give me an option : use it for the rest of the billing period or just cancel it now and prorate the amount I’ve paid.

    I’m not saying fees don’t exist. I’m just curious what companies are charging them and where these people live.

    aesthelete ,

    Cable lobby and Republicans …

    Isn’t that a little redundant? Aren’t Republicans and big business lobbies effectively the same thing?

    intensely_human ,

    Good god the naïveté. Would you say Pfizer serves as an example of a big business?

    aesthelete ,

    Republicans handed over tons of government scratch to Pfizer and other big pharma companies.

    intensely_human ,

    Yeah, and so did Democrats.

    aesthelete ,

    I don’t remember mentioning Democrats. Oh, wait. That’s because I didn’t.

    Keep voting for fascists you dumb pig 🖕

    intensely_human ,

    I know. I did. It’s in the title of the post, too.

    You mentioned Republicans. Then I mentioned Democrats. Fascinating.

    Anyway, the Republicans weren’t the only party that used government power to shovel money toward big business.

    ohlaph ,

    Holy fucking shit, what aren’t Republicans againt when it comes to the people. The party of pro life sure are against the people.

    intensely_human ,

    Republicans aren’t against allowing people to keep their guns.

    Furbag ,

    I find it hard to believe that anybody who hasn’t had a frontal lobotomy or isn’t a corpo ratfucker could ever be in favor of early termination fees as a legitimate and healthy business practice.

    SCB ,

    Strong disagree regarding it as a business measure in whole. Without penalties for breaking contracts, many business relationships will absolutely fall apart.

    Rather, this is an issue of consumer protection, and consumer rights should generally be given preferential treatment over contracts for the same reasons unions exist - it levels the playing field between entities of far differing power and means.

    I absolutely guarantee that lobbyists are pitching that first half at republicans and downplaying the everliving fuck out of the second.

    Furbag ,

    We’re obviously talking about consumer contract law here, so the point of business relationships falling apart is moot.

    If cable companies could prove to me that them pressing a button to cancel my service merits the exorbitant cancellation fees that they charge, then maybe I’d change my opinion.

    SCB , (edited )

    I mean that’s why I said this

    Rather, this is an issue of consumer protection, and consumer rights should generally be given preferential treatment over contracts for the same reasons unions exist - it levels the playing field between entities of far differing power and means.

    “Early termination fees” do not solely apply to cable companies, and by and large are a good thing - this is how they shoved them past what should be common sense consumer protection legislation, which I also mention.

    aStonedSanta ,

    They usually can. Installing the wiring to your home and paying the wages of the installers is not cheap. It takes time for that initial cost to be recouped by a company.

    dragonflyteaparty ,

    Why do these companies need a contract?

    SCB ,

    Are you asking why contracts in general are important?

    Tosti ,
    @Tosti@feddit.nl avatar

    In the Netherlands early termination fees are not allowed, you sign up for a period and stick with that. After that initial period you can then terminate with 30 day notice, no auto renew per year, or you get a prorated refund of what you paid (in annual payment for example). A few exceptions apply but not many.

    This was done to avoid the fuckery of having a very small window on annual contracts where if you missed it, you would be locked in for another year.

    aesthelete ,

    This was done to avoid the fuckery of having a very small window on annual contracts where if you missed it, you would be locked in for another year.

    Here in the good ol US of A that’s how some of my apartment leases worked.

    🎶 God bless America 🎶

    Burn_The_Right ,

    Quick Trivia Question: When in history have conservatives ever been the good guys?

    **Answer:**Trick question! The answer is never.

    lolcatnip ,

    Ignoring any specific ideas about morality, conservatives (in the sense of people who resist change) and guaranteed to be on the wrong side of history, because their very nature is to cling to ideas that everyone else has decided are obsolete.

    abuttifulpigeon ,

    While this would be wonderful, I also believe that Cable providers are private companies, and shouldn’t be regulated by the government.

    bruhduh ,
    @bruhduh@lemmy.world avatar

    If they wouldn’t apple would still sell lightning ports instead of type c, if government regulate behaviour of citizens they should regulate behaviour of corporations too, USA government said that corporations have legal rights as persons but somehow they don’t have same obligations as persons while they should have, if do A then do B it’s pretty simple

    Transporter_Room_3 ,
    @Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website avatar

    I’m sure you also believe “the market will self-regulate” despite near-daily evidence that without stronger regulation it’s a race to the bottom.

    Truth is denied those who seek it with both eyes shut.

    abuttifulpigeon ,

    Actually, quite the opposite.

    I believe that in general the economy should be left free, but not in cases of extreme recession or inflation (ex. Right now). In fact, that’s basically one of the three reasons the federal government was established; to establish a common currency and economy, to regulate mail, and to solve disputes between states.

    That being said, a private company should be able to run their business how they want to run it without being told off by a government.

    Edit: Clarified wording.

    lolcatnip ,

    I believe that in general the economy should be left free

    But why? Do you really think it’s good for service providers to screw their customers around with things like cancellation fees? Market forced have clearly failed to prevent that particular kind of fuckery.

    btmoo ,

    I feel like conversatives just learn first principals and stop there. It’s kinda sad. The FCC, FTC, etc exist in order to keep our markets fair and consumer friendly.

    This weird, free-trade utopia that they dream about does not exist, has never existed, and cannot exist. Instead when you remove all the regulation, you get anarchy like we see today in many 3rd world countries.

    I would love to see our government get more efficient and targetted with its regulation, but to simply argue against it is extremely naive.

    lolcatnip ,

    Correct, assuming some fairly specific definitions of “conservatives” and “anarchy”.

    tsonfeir ,
    @tsonfeir@lemm.ee avatar

    Freedom is slavery!

    Republicans.

    AtariDump ,

    Yeah, the problem is they really do believe the next line - even if they don’t know it.

    “Ignorance is strength”

    aka “Do your own research”

    damnthefilibuster ,

    Why do Republicans love enshittification so much?

    Phrodo_00 ,

    Because they get paid to endorse it.

    kromem ,

    Not the voters though.

    That’s the part that’s wild.

    Many Republicans have cable, and probably even complained in the past about being ripped off with something related to their cable (no one I know loves to complain about losing money more than the Republicans I know).

    And yet they vote for people that actively try to prevent that pain from going away.

    It’s like they are all masochists voting in as extreme sadists as possible so their representatives will hurt them more.

    “Ohhh Daddy, tie up the FCC and spank me with more monopolistic cable fees.”

    linearchaos ,
    @linearchaos@lemmy.world avatar

    They don’t like paying the fee, but they’re willing to take one for the team as long as they know that it hurts poor people more.

    ghastly_03_startup ,

    They only engage with right wing media which is tailored to spin or ignores stuff like this.

    FlyingSquid ,
    @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

    This is the main thing. They will never hear about this because the media they consume will never tell them about it.

    Ghyste ,

    The voters will support whatever they’re told to.

    lolcatnip ,

    Because being able to cancel cable TV service without paying a fee is “socialism”.

    tmyakal ,

    For the last 40 years or so, Republican voters have mostly been single-issue voters. They care very passionately about one thing, and will let almost anything else slide as a result. Being in favor of cable fees doesn’t matter as long as they’re anti-abortion. Being in favor of cutting social welfare programs that those very voters rely upon is fine as long as they’re anti-trans.

    For the most part, each voter only cares about one or two specific things, and the whole picture doesn’t really matter to them.

    Cornelius_Wangenheim ,

    “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”

    -LBJ

    charles ,
    @charles@lemmy.world avatar

    Because they’re animated shit monsters. Shouldn’t nea surprise really

    Bahnd ,

    Dogma was a very funny movie, dont drag shit monsters down to their level.

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