alt Hacker NewsAnd in this case the subsidy is paid for by tied sales from other users that don't actually use the service, which is another illegal business practice.
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raw_anon_1111 • today at 5:33 AM
So cable bundling channels is also “illegal” according to you? Since I don’t watch sports?
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Aurornis • today at 5:33 AM
What are you talking about? Where is this illegal? It’s common to sell subscription services and then price them according to expected usage blended across the user base.
Tying is typically perfectly legal in both the EU and the US.
This isn’t even vaguely similar to illegal tying. The biggest problem being that the products almost certainly aren’t dissimilar enough to be considered “tied” at all.