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Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by tesmar2 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @07:47PM (#25951981)
How exactly was this not the free market? Did robinhood do something illegal and break their contract?
Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by warent on Thursday January 28, 2021 @08:29PM (#25952409)
A corporation unilaterally deciding and altering market conditions is a free market?
Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by tesmar2 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:34PM (#25953519)
What they did sucks. But I am wondering what contract did they break?
Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by 93po on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:54PM (#25953665)
The laws enforced by the SEC
Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by tesmar2 on Thursday January 28, 2021 @10:59PM (#25953702)
If so, then prosecute. Which law specifically?
Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by warent on Friday January 29, 2021 @12:56AM (#25954531)
I'm assuming you're trying to corner a point of "You cannot cite a specific law because it doesn't exist" without outright saying it.

It seems plain that, at best, Robinhood has violated its fiduciary, and at worst manipulated the market. This is one of those things I've come to understand as being illegal in the same way that I know insider trading is illegal. No, I cannot cite which law makes insider trading illegal.

Maybe you're right and there is no law. I personally don't have the time or experience to go digging through legal text to treat HN like an official courthouse. We will know by the results of the lawsuits, or by a video from the Legal Eagle on YouTube.

Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by tesmar2 on Friday January 29, 2021 @01:02PM (#25960290)
Insider trading is illegal. And I think what robinhood did should be /unless they explicitly stated they could do so in their terms and people went in with eyes wide open/.

I imagine it is, as it seems pretty close to market manipulation, I just want to be careful and understand what’s really going on.

Besides, along with individuals or corporations we should be going after the fed who really manipulates markets and steals from the poor. End the fed.

Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by 93po on Friday January 29, 2021 @10:03PM (#25965600)
RH's terms don't overwrite laws and regulations. It is very tightly regulated what organizations like RH are allowed to do and they don't set their own rules.

The fed argument is really nuanced and difficult. They absolutely manipulate but not all manipulation has to be bad.