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Are you actually deaf? Or is lying to get exceptions that are meant for the disabled actually legal?
"I'm hard of hearing." Prove that I'm not. At that point it's one dark pattern against another.
First of all, he said "deaf", not "hard of hearing".
Second ̶o̶n̶e̶, so you're fine with lying to get services you otherwise wouldn't if no one can actualy prove you're lying?
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That seems very weird to me. I'd think it's more expensive for the bank to process a check than an electronic transaction.
Not if there is fraud involved.
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I am fairly certain that it isn't generally illegal to lie to people. Maybe a little shitty, but isn't it shitty to not let people unsubscribe from a service in the same manner they signed up?
This isn't just lying though, it sounds closer to fraud to me (lying go receive services you otherwise wouldn't). It also sounds a bit like parking in the disabled section. And I don't know if there are legal ramifications for using services that are for the disabled but I wouldn't be surprised if there were.
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I am fairly certain that it isn't generally illegal to lie to people. Maybe a little shitty, but isn't it shitty to not let people unsubscribe from a service in the same manner they signed up?
This isn't just lying though, it sounds closer to fraud to me (lying go receive services you otherwise wouldn't). It also sounds a bit like parking in the disabled section. And I don't know if there are legal ramifications for using services that are for the disabled but I wouldn't be surprised if there were.
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"I'm hard of hearing." Prove that I'm not. At that point it's one dark pattern against another.
> "I'm hard of hearing." Prove that I'm not. At that point it's one dark pattern against another. First of all, he said "deaf", not "hard of hearing". Second ̶o̶n̶e̶, so you're fine with lying to get services you otherwise wouldn't if no one can actualy prove you're lying?
Are you actually deaf? Or is lying to get exceptions that are meant for the disabled actually legal?
People with fully functioning hearing should have to sit through 2 hours of comcast customer service trying to cancel their service.
Only the lucky people who have handicaps should be able to easily cancel their subscriptions.
When you sign a subscription, no one promised it would be easy to get out of it. They're lucky not to have to pay a cancellation fee.
The New York Times doesn't allow you to cancel your subscription online.
I did it this way. I went to their live help chat. The moment I said "cancel", I was redirected to another representative, who was clearly trained in customer retention. I held my ground (which is so much easier for me in chat than on a phone call!) and cancelled.
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I am fairly certain that it isn't generally illegal to lie to people. Maybe a little shitty, but isn't it shitty to not let people unsubscribe from a service in the same manner they signed up?
This isn't just lying though, it sounds closer to fraud to me (lying go receive services you otherwise wouldn't). It also sounds a bit like parking in the disabled section. And I don't know if there are legal ramifications for using services that are for the disabled but I wouldn't be surprised if there were.
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This isn't just lying though, it sounds closer to fraud to me (lying go receive services you otherwise wouldn't). It also sounds a bit like parking in the disabled section. And I don't know if there are legal ramifications for using services that are for the disabled but I wouldn't be surprised if there were.
It's not like that at all, because it encourages more services for people with disabilities, instead of taking them away. Every site should be more prepared to accommodate people who can't or don't want to talk on the phone.
I mean you could argue the same for parking right? If everyone parked in the disabled section then you'd encourage having more such parking. And this also requires paying a representative more hours to deal with emails etc. It's not like there's zero cost.
Are you actually deaf? Or is lying to get exceptions that are meant for the disabled actually legal?
The cool thing about disability accommodations is that they're also super handy for the able-bodied, too.