This is exactly what happened to my parents this week. Brinks claim my elderly stroke-victim father verbally agreed to a total of three overlapping contracts that extend their subscription out four years and the only way to cancel is to pay all four years of the subscription.

I was surprised but not surprised to find other customers complaining about the same thing. They have no contract or terms they will provide that we supposedly agreed to, so I can’t review this cancellation clause.

They are taking “subscriptions that are difficult to cancel” to a whole new level. 😡

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/44005969

I modified the title to make it more descriptive

I also think it's time for the open source and/or fediverse Trakt alternatives to get some love.

The price change is listed as going from $30 a year to $60 a year, and they're also changing everyone to that price:

Starting May 20, 2025, all VIP renewals will move to a standardized price. This means that any legacy, promotional, or grandfathered pricing will no longer apply to renewals processed on or after that date. Instead, all VIP memberships will renew at the new standard rate going forward.

People are not happy on their forum:

https://forums.trakt.tv/t/upcoming-vip-renewal-pricing-changes/56676

This user poll suggests that around 97% of respondents (at the time of making this post) will not renew

https://forums.trakt.tv/t/poll-will-you-keep-your-vip-membership-at-60/56923

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/27204525

We are also changing how remote playback works for streaming personal media (that is, playback when not on the same local network as the server). The reality is that we need more resources to continue putting forth the best personal media experience, and as a result, we will no longer offer remote playback as a free feature. This—alongside the new Plex Pass pricing—will help provide those resources. This change will apply to the future release of our new Plex experience for mobile and other platforms.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20674334

The app is Clime Pro on iOS, they lock full access to Hurricane Milton data behind a $10 USD per week paywall.

If you’re in the area impacted by Milton, you can find publicly available resources at the National Hurricane Center’s website: National Hurricane Center

CNN is shit anyway

And I thought Mickey Mouse was cute...

ChannelNews article, written by Varun Godinho

YouTube video by Mental Outlaw

I linked through ycombinator because the discussion there adds to the solution pool

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/23949437

YouTube video by Future Proof

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/39928515

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18776912

Crosspost from: https://lemmy.world/post/18724475

Disney has asked a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed earlier this year regarding a woman who passed away due to anaphylaxis after a meal at Disney Springs, citing an arbitration waiver in the terms and conditions for Disney+.

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In the latest update for the Disney Springs wrongful death lawsuit, Disney cited legal language within the terms and conditions for Disney+, which “requires users to arbitrate all disputes with the company.” Disney claims Piccolo reportedly agreed to this in 2019 when signing up for a one-month free trial of the streaming service on his PlayStation console.

In the May 31 motion filed to move the wrongful death lawsuit to arbitration, Disney attorneys said that the Disney+ subscriber agreement states that any dispute, except for small claims, “must be resolved by individual binding arbitration.”

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Attorneys for Piccolo called Disney’s latest motion “preposterous,” and that it’s “‘absurd’ to believe that the 153 million subscribers to the popular streaming service have waived all claims against the company and its affiliates because of language ‘buried’ within the terms and conditions,” according to Newsday.

The notion that terns agreed to by a consumer when creating a Disney+ free trial account would forever bar that consumer’s right to a jury trial in any dispute with any Disney affiliate or subsidiary, is so outrageously unreasonable and unfair as to shock the judicial conscience, and this court should not enforce such an agreement.

Brian Denny, Piccolo’s West Palm Beach attorney in a filing on August 2, 2024

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/12700714

On mobile, it prompts you to either "get the app" or "open app" with no way to click past. Screenshot won't upload.

This is worse from several months ago https://lemmy.today/post/8935690

crosspost from: https://lemmy.world/post/10321573

i've never been on this site before -- that is to say, you don't even get like a couple free words

what a joke