Amazon will pay $2.5 billion to settle a lawsuit with the FTC over how it handled Prime subscriptions and cancellations. But, would you believe it, the company says it and its executives “have always followed the law.” I guess it was just feeling generous! swrobel: > Let me guess: it’s the ol’ “we admit no wrongdoing, but on an unrelated note, here’s $2.5B” Get the day’s best comment and more in my free newsletter, The Verge Daily.

The trial in Seattle started this week after the case was filed two years ago.

US regulator said company enrolled millions of customers into service without consent and made it difficult to cancel