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I want to delete my Disney plus account but their app and website force some ad for their latest subscription deal. My account settings are not accessible anywhere. When I am logged in and refresh the page, I can briefly see my avatar in the top right corner before the ad comes up. According to Disney's instructions, I need to use that to access my account configuration and delete it.

Is this a denial of my right to erasure granted by the GDPR? Should I report this to some authority? If yes, who is that authority?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah, it's on purpose. Not even pulling out the tinfoil to make a hat for this one. Companies know that, for a large portion of people, if they make it difficult to cancel/quit/unsubscribe....well....a lot of us are downright lazy, and will just keep paying.