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Google confirms YouTube Music issue with Premium users hearing surprise ads
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this post was submitted on 20 Feb 2026
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Lol, there should be a law that if you pay for a service advertised as ad free, they have to refund you a month of service for each ad they show you.
Consumer protection laws probably do apply. Ask for a refund and cite whatever laws apply to 'product not as described'.
I live in the US, what are consumer protection laws?
Trump says consumer protection laws cost us money silly, we don't need them.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/research/2026/02/estimating-the-cost-of-the-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-to-consumers/
Let's not pretend that the US' lax consumer protection laws have anything to do with Trump. The political elites have been helping the wealthy and corporations hinder those long before that dumbass ever ran for office.
I don't know, I am going to have to call BS on the idea that Kamala Harris would have dismantled the consumer protection bureau. On the other hand the Republicans have been trying to hamper it for awhile.
I agree that ultimately corporations are going to call the shots and they wanted it gone.
With billionaires now openly buying politicians (instead of greasing their palms under the counter), I'd say the odds of such a law have become even worse.