EP177: Dark Patterns and Tourism (w/ Fred Roeder)

This week's theme is Dark! Whether that be "dark patterns," as the FTC describes Amazon's Prime subscription, dark Canadian legislation, or dark tourism in the hills of Turkmenistan. We look at the FTC's lawsuit against Amazon Prime for being too affordable and convenient, Canada's C-18 news bill laden with cronyism, and check in with our travel correspondent, Fred Roeder, managing director of the Consumer Choice Center, on his trip to the Central Asian diamond nation of Turkmenistan. Fred's Twitter: https://twitter.com/FredCyrusRoeder Broadcast on Consumer Choice Radio on June 24, 2022. Syndicated on Sauga 960AM and Coastal Carolina Network. Website: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/radio ***PODCAST***  Podcast Index: https://bit.ly/3EJSIs3 Apple: http://apple.co/2G7avA8  Spotify: http://spoti.fi/3iXIKIS RSS: https://omny.fm/shows/consumerchoiceradio/playlists/podcast.rss Our podcast is now Podcasting 2.0 compliant! Listen to the show using a Bitcoin lightning wallet-enabled podcasting app (Podverse, Breeze, Fountain, etc.) to directly donate to the show using the Bitcoin lightning network (stream those sats!).  More information on that here: https://podcastindex.org/apps  Produced by the Consumer Choice Center. Support us: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.