Consumer Protection Laws

Debates on the necessity, effectiveness, and shortcomings of consumer protection regulations, often contrasting weak US laws with stronger EU protections against anti-consumer business practices.

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e.g US MC HP EU GDPR ukwhitegoods.co wikipedia.org USB consumer protection consumer protection consumers laws regulation anti eu protections protect

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emptyfile Nov 16, 2017 View on HN

Consumer protection is a bad thing?

junon Sep 12, 2021 View on HN

You're right, why even have consumer protection laws amirite?

gardenhedge Jan 19, 2024 View on HN

Consumer protection laws exist for a reason

shockzzz Mar 23, 2016 View on HN

consumer protection is just the start, don't you think?

voz_ Nov 1, 2022 View on HN

Consumer protection is not "destroying a business"

kaonashi May 22, 2014 View on HN

So regulation never protects consumers?

vmception Aug 19, 2021 View on HN

Regulated by settlements over this specific allegation lmaoConsumers are only protected by people pointing this out over and over again

mey Apr 18, 2013 View on HN

How does this not run afoul of consumer protection rights?

you probably have consumer protection laws, in the US they suck

xboxnolifes Sep 2, 2022 View on HN

Sounds like your consumer protection laws could do with some updating.