The FTC adopted a final rule requiring businesses to make it as easy to cancel subscriptions and memberships as it is to sign up.

The Federal Trade Commission has received more than 16,000 complaints from Americans about how hard it is sometimes to cancel an ongoing subscription, so they finally decided to act. Whether it be for an app on your phone,

The final rule, which will go into effect in about six months, is meant to give people a way out of subscriptions with recurring charges.