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Originally Posted by Jel
I get what you're saying, but that's like there being only 1 major ISP on the planet, and them charging you what they want, because you are pretty much fucked without them. Having said that, I haven't read anything at all about this lol, so bear that in mind  |
There are at least 4 major players in that game: Visa, MC, Amex, Disover + numerous other alternative payment methods... so it's not like Visa has everyone by the balls...
and even if they were the only game in town, it's still not that clear why they shouldn't be allowed to charge whatever they want...
a better analogy I think would be that Visa is a like a marketer with a huge mailing list, you want your goods/services/stores/etc marketed to that mailing list, you pay whatever that marketer wants...