24 Hour Fitness Won’t Let You Unsubscribe From Marketing Spam, So I Fixed It – Ahmed Kaddoura Skip to content 24 Hour Fitness has a broken unsubscribe page. You get one of their marketing emails. You click the unsubscribe link at the bottom. It takes you here: https://www.24hourfitness.com/members/unsubscribe You enter your email. You click unsubscribe. You get a mysterious error message in Spanish. I found the bug. It’s one line of JavaScript. I reported it back in November 2025. No response. So I built my own unsubscribe page. Getting spammed by 24 Hour Fitness marketing emails? Unsubscribe Now → “The audacity of a Spanish error message on a US gym website.” — Claude What the heck is this? 🤔 Error de conexión al obtener el token de OneTrust. OneTrust is an American software company that develops privacy, security, and data governance software. Their platform includes tools for consent management and regulatory compliance automation. The irony: OneTrust is literally a consent management platform focused on regulatory compliance, and 24 Hour Fitness is using it to violate consent regulations. The error is in Spanish for some reason. This is actually illegal The CAN-SPAM Act requires commercial emails to have a working opt-out mechanism. Companies that violate this face serious fines: Verkada: $2.95 million (2024) – the largest CAN-SPAM penalty ever. They ignored opt-out requests. Jumpstart Technologies: $900,000 (2006) – didn’t process opt-out requests in time. Experian: $650,000 (2023) – spammed users with emails they couldn’t opt out of. Each individual email can carry a penalty of up to $53,088. Marketing email = psychic attack I don’t subscribe to anything. Not newsletters. Not Substacks. Not even blogs from writers I deeply care about. My inbox is for communication, not marketing. I’m definitely not subscribing to 24 Hour Fitness marketing spam. Since October 2025, I’ve received 40 marketing emails. Every single one links to the same broken unsubscribe page. Each of these emails is a psychic attack. An attack on my attention. Here are the subject lines: $20 off BUM Energy Cases ⚡️ I don’t know what BUM energy is. I just want to lift. 3 tips for healthier holiday eating I don’t want tips. I just want to lift. 30% off creatine to power your holidays 💪 I already have creatine. I just want to lift. Ahmed, find workouts made for you I already have workouts. I just want to lift. Best Personal Training Offer of the Year I don’t want personal training. I just want to lift. Bring a Guest This Friday for Free I already have free guest passes. I just want to lift. Bring your workout buddy for free 💪 I already have free guest passes. I just want to lift. Celebrating Coach Joshua 🎉 I don’t know Coach Joshua. I just want to lift. Celebrating Coach Karen 🎉 I don’t know Coach Karen. I just want to lift. Don’t Miss Out: Sessions As Low as $55.08 🔥 I just want to lift. Feel Stronger Every Time with HIIT24™ I just want to lift. Find your community in our group
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