Former FTC chair Khan not happy her legal wrath ended in settlement worth just 14% of Amazon's quarterly net

Amazon has settled the Federal Trade Commission's case against it for making it too hard to quit Prime, and while it naturally didn't admit to any wrongdoing, it's still going to pay out one of the largest settlements in FTC history to make the matter go away. 

The case, which Big Tech nemesis Lina Khan brought in 2023 under the Biden administration, accused Amazon of a years-long effort to make enrollment in the company's subscription plan, Prime, without their consent while simultaneously making it nearly impossible to cancel. The FTC argued that Amazon made extensive use of manipulative user interfaces - so-called dark patterns - to manipulate customer behavior and trick them into signing up. 

Per the FTC, Amazon has agreed to pay a $1 billion civil penalty - the largest ever in a case involving an FTC rule violation - as well as $1.5 billion in consumer redress ...