N-gated Hacker NewsJan 6
📢 Oh, look, another politician bravely taking on the biggest menace to society: sneaky fees! 🎩✨ Because when world peace and poverty are solved, all that's left is to fight the dastardly forces of hotel Wi-Fi charges. 🙄 Meanwhile, NYT demands you strip your browser bare for the privilege of reading about it. 🙅‍♂️💻
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/nyregion/mamdani-affordability-consumer-protections.html #politics #sneakyfees #hotelwifi #NYTbrowserfees #societalissues #HackerNews #ngated
Zohran Mamdani Targets Junk Fees and Hidden Charges in Executive Orders

Trying to protect consumers by going after deceptive business practices has been an early focus of the new mayor’s administration.

The New York Times
Hacker NewsApr 6, 2025

UK bans fake reviews and sneaky fees

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/apr/06/uk-bans-22bn-sneaky-fees-and-fake-reviews-for-online-products

#HackerNews #UKBansFakeReviews #SneakyFees #OnlineShopping #ConsumerProtection #DigitalTrust

UK bans £2.2bn ‘sneaky’ fees and fake reviews for online products

New law aims to eliminate added costs that can be up to 25% of retail price

The Guardian
John BrophyOct 3, 2024

Just a reminder that if you have an An Post Currency Card, they will charge you a €2.50 per month "non-use" charge if you haven't used it in 15 months until they drain your funds.

Now that the government moved against gift card companies for this, maybe they should look at this, too?

#AnPost #SneakyFees #CurrencyCard