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  • NCTA CEO Michael Powell claimed during a January 2024 hearing that “a consumer may easily misunderstand the consequences of canceling and it may be imperative that they learn about better options” …

    Perhaps the consumer has “learn[ed] about better options” at another company, or that a “better option” for them is to not purchase the service at all from anyone. I’m sure the … ::flips pages::cable company is offering a completely holistic assessment of the consumer’s needs to help them make the best decision for themselves, right?

    …and that the rule’s disclosure and consent requirements raise “First Amendment issues.”

    “It is our First Amendment right to browbeat people into not being our customers anymore! staying as our customers when they tell us they don’t want to be!

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  • Turns out, if you’re further left than either realistic candidate (because FPTP), it makes it really easy to figure out who you should vote for. “I wonder if I should vote for the person who’s not left enough for my liking, or the one is so far beyond that as to be the diametric opposite of left. Whatever shall I do?”