I did not know about this kind of insidious pricing. Thank you for highlighting it!

@georgetakei

No honest "free market capitalist" capitalist would support this. People think a free market is an unregulated market, but that's not true; a free market is a transparent market that's equally accessible to anyone. No barriers to entry, a level playing field, and transparent pricing. This is the complete opposite of transparent pricing.

As you might have noticed, free markets are incredibly rare. Large corporations do everything to avoid it, because they have the power to manipulate the market to their advantage. That's why we need regulation.