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{{CompanyCargo

|Founded=1995

|Industry=Entertainment

|Logo=Audible.svg

|ParentCompany=Amazon

|Type=Subsidiary

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==Consumer-impact summary==

===Audiobook monopoly===

Affects consumers, authors, and publishers

==Incidents==

===Using credits to subsidize streaming service===

{{Main|Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits}}

~~This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].~~

~~===Example incident one (''date'')===~~

~~{{Main|link to the main CR Wiki article}}~~

Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).

===~~Example incident two (~~''~~date'')~~===

===Alleged enrollment of Amazon customers===

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{{Main|Amazon sued for enrolling and charging customers into Audible without consent}}

Amazon, and Audible by extension, is currently under a pending class-action lawsuit due to allegedly enrolling Amazon customers into the Audible subscription without permission. This is possible due to Amazon's [[forced retention of payment methods]] in which the company holds customers' card information for "faster checkout."

=== Encouraging AI use ===

Audible openly encourages AI use with the understanding ding that indie authors who self-publish may rely heavily on AI for content generation and book quantity. This leads some to speculate that Audible is diluting the pool of author royalties.

==Products==

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 ==Consumer-impact summary==
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+===Audiobook monopoly===
+Affects consumers, authors, and publishers
 ==Incidents==
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+===Using credits to subsidize streaming service===
+{{Main|Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits}}
-This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
-===Example incident one (''date'')===
-{{Main|link to the main CR Wiki article}}
 Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).
-===Example incident two (''date'')===
+===Alleged enrollment of Amazon customers===
-...
+{{Main|Amazon sued for enrolling and charging customers into Audible without consent}}
+Amazon, and Audible by extension, is currently under a pending class-action lawsuit due to allegedly enrolling Amazon customers into the Audible subscription without permission. This is possible due to Amazon's [[forced retention of payment methods]] in which the company holds customers' card information for "faster checkout."
+=== Encouraging AI use ===
+Audible openly encourages AI use with the understanding ding that indie authors who self-publish may rely heavily on AI for content generation and book quantity. This leads some to speculate that Audible is diluting the pool of author royalties.
 ==Products==