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|Marketing paid products as free, deleting users' tax data upon downgrading to free versions, and forcing users to contact support to get access to the free version of the tax filing software. FTC alleges coercive and obstructive techniques are used to make users pay for services they don't need as well. | |Marketing paid products as free, deleting users' tax data upon downgrading to free versions, and forcing users to contact support to get access to the free version of the tax filing software. FTC alleges coercive and obstructive techniques are used to make users pay for services they don't need as well. | ||
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|In 2024, Meta was sued in the UK for their practice of the consent-or-pay model, forcing viewers to accepted data tracking or monetarily pay to reject it. In July 2025, European Commission (unofficially?) said that Meta may accrue daily fines if they continue. | |||
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