The U.S. government thinks Amazon may have tricked its users into signing up for Prime, Amazon's $15 per month membership service — and now the case is headed to trial in a Seattle federal court this week.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit against Amazon two years ago, alleging that Amazon deceived tens of millions of customers into signing up for Prime subscriptions without their consent, and then "knowingly" made the cancellation process difficult. Prime memberships include fast and free shipping, video streaming, and other benefits.

"Amazon used manipulative, coercive, or deceptive user-interface designs known as 'dark patterns' to trick consumers into enrolling in automatically-renewing Prime subscriptions," the 159-page complaint reads.

According to the lawsu

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