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.

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

The FTC said Amazon used “dark patterns” to trick consumers into auto-renewals, then created a complex cancellation process internally dubbed “Iliad” after the Trojan War.

The surprise settlement between the online retail giant and the Trump administration happened just a few days into the trial over one of Amazon’s most important businesses. Amazon…

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…