Pluralistic: The airlines were patient zero in the junk-fee plague (07 Jun 2024)

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The airlines were patient zero in the junk-fee plague: "Convenience fees" that aren't convenient and "service fees" without any service.
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Pluralistic: Live Nation/Ticketmaster is buying Congress (30 Apr 2024)

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Live Nation/Ticketmaster is buying Congress: The other gig economy.
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Pluralistic: Twinkfrump Linkdump (13 Apr 2024)

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Twinkfrump Linkdump: All the miscellany that didn't make it.
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Pluralistic: Amazon's financial shell game let it create an "impossible" monopoly (01 Mar 2024)

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Amazon's financial shell game let it create an "impossible" monopoly: If you think the company's profits come from AWS, you've been suckered, too.
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Pluralistic: Apple to EU: "Go fuck yourself" (06 Feb 2024)

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Apple to EU: "Go fuck yourself": The dictionary definition of malicious compliance.
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Pluralistic: Thankful for class consciousness (24 Nov 2023)

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Thankful for class consciousness: Eggs, Teslas, airlines, turkeys, and the roof over your head.
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Pluralistic: An interoperability rule for your money (21 Oct 2023)

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An interoperability rule for your money: The CFPB will force banks to make it easy for you to leave.
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Pluralistic: Fighting junk fees is "woke" (04 August 2023)

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Fighting junk fees is "woke": Visa and Mastercard want you to pay credit card swipe fees to own the libs.
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Pluralistic: How Amazon transformed the EU into a planned economy (14 June 2023)

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How Amazon transformed the EU into a planned economy: Monopsony, junk fees and market power.
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Pluralistic: How Amazon makes everything you buy more expensive, no matter where you buy it (25 Apr 2023)

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How Amazon makes everything you buy more expensive, no matter where you buy it: Most Favored Nation is my least favorite scam.
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