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{{CompanyCargo | {{CompanyCargo | ||
|Founded=1995 | |Founded=1995 | ||
|Industry=Entertainment | |Industry=Entertainment | ||
|Logo=Audible.svg | |||
|ParentCompany=Amazon | |ParentCompany=Amazon | ||
|Type=Subsidiary | |Type=Subsidiary | ||
|Website=https://www.audible.com/ | |Website=https://www.audible.com/ | ||
|Description=An audiobook and podcast service | |Description=An audiobook and podcast service | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Ph-C-Int}} | |||
==Consumer-impact summary== | ==Consumer-impact summary== | ||
{{Ph-C-CIS}} | {{Ph-C-CIS}} | ||
=== Audiobook monopoly === | ===Audiobook monopoly=== | ||
Affects consumers, authors, and publishers | Affects consumers, authors, and publishers | ||
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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]]. | 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]]. | ||
===Using credits to subsidize streaming service=== | ===Using credits to subsidize streaming service=== | ||
{{Main|Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits}} | |||
Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article). | Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article). | ||
=== | ===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." | ||
==Products== | ==Products== |