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Re:How Ebooks Have Poisoned Electronic Ink by thaumasiotes on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @07:34PM (#30448775)
> you can send someone a letter via UPS or FedEx--for significantly more money.

Right, the reason it costs significantly more money to use UPS or FedEx is that it's illegal for them to charge less. Paying more puts your letter into a different legal category that is not reserved to the USPS.

Nobody cares about the mailbox. The USPS holds a monopoly on the delivery of non-urgent mail, which is defined as mail that costs below a certain price point to send.

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Re:How Ebooks Have Poisoned Electronic Ink by bradstewart on Thursday February 24, 2022 @10:20AM (#30455668)
TIL it's illegal for UPS and FedEx to charge less. That was certainly a part of this equation I was missing, thank you!
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