Holy potatoes. As a local, I've been resisting canceling my subscription, but I might need to rethink that. - ThreadSky

rachelkolar.bsky.social • 6 days ago

Holy potatoes. As a local, I've been resisting canceling my subscription, but I might need to rethink that.

Massive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published

I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know

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rachelkolar.bsky.social•5 days ago

...I think the flood of requests has crashed WaPo's cancellation page

renaissancedreamer.bsky.social•5 days ago

Says something about personal liberties if you can’t even have the choice to cancel. Glad to know it finally went through.

amyephillips.bsky.social•5 days ago

I guess the free market is trying to tell them something…

matthewbudman.bsky.social•5 days ago

I got through

markstaben.bsky.social•4 days ago

I cancelled on October 25, 2024.

mike4mus6.bsky.social•5 days ago

He’s wealthy! He doesn’t care! Wake up! 💀💵💵💵💵

twifferthegnu.bsky.social•5 days ago

i had similar errors when i cancelled after the non-endorsement. had to call. then got an email saying they couldn't renew on my card. to which i replied "yes, because i cancelled". they confirmed i was cancelled and i got the same email the next day. their sub mgmt system is shitty.

pjmacwriter.bsky.social•5 days ago

There are still people who sub?

rachelkolar.bsky.social•5 days ago

I held on longer than I should have for local news, but that's over now. WTOP for life.

heyaries325.bsky.social•5 days ago

My subscription ran out on Saturday and I was apparently on auto-renewal (though I never was before). They took $120 from me, which overdrew my Venmo and wiped out the money I had saved to take my kid on a birthday excursion on Sunday (thankfully my mom loaned me $). I called Monday and they 1/

heyaries325.bsky.social•5 days ago

refunded me. It was a shockingly easy and quick call, although they did try to get me to resubscribe at a discount. Point being, I got lucky cuz if I had to deal with today’s traffic, that would have sucked. OTOH, I missed out on registering my disappointment over the newest atrocity.