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Re:Ryanair reminds passengers of move to digital boarding pa... by glaucon on Monday November 10, 2025 @06:32PM (#45882335)
> I think with these kinds of ideological issues, all one can do is vote with their wallet

Needs to be viewed in the light of the distinctly un-open market in which airlines operate. There are only so many airports, and only so many slots. I might wish to start another airline which customers may use an open solution but the reality is that incumbents have a massive moat around them. No market, that I know of, is perfect but air travel is an unusually distorted one.

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Re:Ryanair reminds passengers of move to digital boarding pa... by wongarsu on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @04:25AM (#45885526)
Though much less distorted in the EU than in the US. It's common to have the choice between 2-3 different airlines to get from one place to another, and if that's not good enough the next major airport is frequently just a 2-3 hour train journey away
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Re:Ryanair reminds passengers of move to digital boarding pa... by Eddy_Viscosity2 on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @09:34AM (#45887696)
This was going to be my comment. "vote with your wallet" only works in open competitive markets. But (with a few exceptions), this is not the world we live in. Regulation is the only option left. You have to vote with your vote to get laws in place that force industry to behave better.
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