Consumption will end automatic renewal of online subscriptions

Platforms such as Spotify, Netflix, Amazon, as well as video games or other types of online subscriptions, should notify the consumer at least 15 days in advance of the...

The Ministry of Social Rights seeks to protect consumers from unwanted renewals.Read more The future of subscriptions: changes in automatic renewals in News.es.

It seems that having to put an alarm on your mobile phone to remember to cancel a subscription to Netflix, Spotify or any other digital service a year after hiring it carried by a tempting offer, is about to come to an end. Or that has been proposed by the Government. The Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030 has begun movements so that companies are obliged to warn their customer that within 15 days this contract will be extend…

The Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030, led by Pablo Bustinduy, has announced a measure to prohibit the automatic renewal of digital service contracts, such as subscriptions to streaming platforms, mobile apps and video games.This initiative seeks to prevent consumers from continuing to pay for services they no longer want or have forgotten.What is the proposal?According to the proposal, companies will be required to notify u…

The Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030 will put an end to the automatic renewal of subscriptions to applications to which consumers sometimes even forget that they are linked and will ask companies to inform in advance of the date on which the deadline is to decide whether to continue with them.

Products such as Spotify, Amazon, video games, subscriptions or applications of all kinds. Companies will have to let us know 15 days before the renovation so that we can cancel them if that is what we want.