Adobe隱藏提早終止訂閱費用,遭美政府控告
支付動態 · 2024-06-18

美國司法部控告Adobe的訂閱服務條款不夠透明,刻意隱藏該公司針對提早終止訂閱服務的用戶,將收取高額處理費用的文字說明

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美國司法部昨(17)日根據聯邦貿易委員會(Federal Trade Commission,FTC)建議,控告Adobe未明確告知用戶提早終止服務訂閱衍生的高額費用,以此阻撓消費者中途解約。

Adobe 2012年開始轉向軟體訂閱制,涵括其旗艦產品如Acrobat、Photoshop、Illustrator、Creative Cloud,透過Adobe.com銷售,以用戶月費收入支持穩定營收。根據司法部文件,近年Adobe訂閱收入快速成長。2019年到2023年該公司訂閱費營收由77.1億元成長近2倍來到142.2億美元,占Adobe 2023全年營收(194.1億美元)的絕大部分。

司法部指出,多年來Adobe在用戶訂閱「年約月付」(Annual, Paid Monthly,APM)方案時,未清楚說明,在未滿一年時終止訂閱需支付高額解約費用(early termination fee,ETF)。Adobe只有在用戶企圖提早終止訂閱時才清楚告知,企圖阻止消費者離去。

根據Adobe的APM條款,若用戶在訂閱頭14天內取消,可以獲得第一筆支付費用全額退費。但若他們在未滿一年前終止訂閱,不但會在當月底喪失服務使用權,還需支付合約剩下期間月費的50%。消費者可能被迫支付數百美元換取中止服務。

司法部文件指稱,消費者訂閱APM服務時,這些條款以小字出現,且被文字對話框、超連結等遮掩住,企圖不讓消費者看到。之後又以繁複而冗長的程序,及高昂終止費阻撓消費者取消訂閱,已違反聯邦法。為了終止Adobe違法行為,司法部尋求法院對Adobe採取禁制令、民事處分、金錢賠償等其他救濟方法。

Adobe對此並不服氣。Adobe表示,該公司的訂閱服務費方便、彈性並且成本效益,提供用戶符合其需求、時間和預算的方案。Adobe也宣稱自己的服務條款向來透明,取消手續也很簡單。為此,這家軟體大廠表示將在法庭上反駁FTC的說法,以捍衛自身立場。

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