The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last month reached a $2.5 billion settlement with Amazon over its "deceptive" Prime subscription tactics. Of that total, $1.5 billion will go toward consumer payouts, which are expected to be released by year's end. "The evidence showed that Amazon used sophisticated subscription traps designed to manipulate consumers into enrolling in Prime, and then made it exceedingly hard for consumers to end their subscription," FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson said in announcing the deal. Money will initially be disbursed in two ways: through auto-payments and via a claims process. If you accidentally subscribed to Amazon Prime through what this lawsuit calls a "Challenged Enrollment Flow" between June 23, 2019, and June 23, 2025, and used no more than three Prime benefits in a 12-month period, Amazon will automatically send you up to $51. People in this group don't need to submit any claims to get paid, and Amazon is supposed to distribute funds within 90 da...