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Re:Want to rescue rural America? Bust monopolies by valuearb on Sunday April 23, 2017 @03:42PM (#14180041)
A restaurant that agrees to exclusively accept Mastercard would be out of business very quickly (no matter how much Mastercard lowered its fees for them). That's why we don't have to regulate such behavior.
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Re:Want to rescue rural America? Bust monopolies by twoodfin on Sunday April 23, 2017 @06:54PM (#14180893)
Not a restaurant, but Costco used to accept only Amex as a credit card (debit was a different story) and now only accepts Visa.
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Re:Want to rescue rural America? Bust monopolies by bko on Sunday April 23, 2017 @03:47PM (#14180076)
So what you're saying is that market forces prevent this behavior that harms consumers and pushes an inferior product?
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Re:Want to rescue rural America? Bust monopolies by valuearb on Sunday April 23, 2017 @04:53PM (#14180388)
I'm saying I don't know what market forces allow an Applebees to survive.
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