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Re:Parking-app convenience fees in 312 U.S. cities (median $... by autoexec on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @03:27AM (#50437544)
> A common ploy for dominating marketplaces (Amazon, Doordash, etc) is to prohibit merchants from offering lower direct prices than what's offered on their platforms.

Sounds pretty illegal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson-Patman_Act so I guess somebody should start pressing charges against a lot of companies.

Re:Parking-app convenience fees in 312 U.S. cities (median $... by lmz on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @04:02AM (#50437775)
That act seems to prohibit offering different prices?