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The FTC wants to ban hidden 'junk fees' that jack up the price of your purchases (www.engadget.com)
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The FTC wants to ban hidden 'junk fees' that jack up the price of your purchases::A new rule proposed by the FTC targets hidden and "bogus" fees businesses often add onto their services at checkout, aiming to do away with the deceptive practices.

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[–] frosty@pawb.social 14 points 1 year ago

Admittedly their fees are blatant because Uncle Sam basically handed them the whole market in the 2010s, when they were allowed to merge with Live Nation.