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My understanding is that many countries, like some in Europe, have a law saying you must be able to cancel using the same medium you used to subscribe. So if you signed up online, you can cancel online. Same with phone, etc.

I think I've heard of similar proposals in the US Congress...but nothing that looks close to passing.



Yes, and TeamViewer do in fact allow you to cancel online via a portal if you live in a jurisdiction that requires it. For everyone else, they use this dark pattern.

Makes it very clear that they're just trying to scam anyone they can legally get away with.


Last I heard, California was working on a law similar to that




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