Comment by jacquesm
17 hours ago
And 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.
17 hours ago
And 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.
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.
So cable bundling channels is also “illegal” according to you? Since I don’t watch sports?
There certainly are jurisdictions where tv providers are legally required to offer channels a la carte.
Not in the US…
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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.