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arrow-up1597arrow-down1external-linkTIL that one company owns Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid, Match.com and at least 40 more dating sites/appsen.wikipedia.orgals@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square142linkfedilink
minus-squareTankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 days agoAbsorbing other companies is illegal under anti-trust, but taking a company as a subsidiary is not, which is the workaround for anti-trust. It gives the false illusion of competition being available.
minus-squarebaggachipz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days ago anti-trust As if that were a thing anymore.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoSomeone needs to patch that hole but we know the current government won’t…
minus-square[email protected]@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days ago Absorbing other companies is illegal under anti-trust Huh?
Absorbing other companies is illegal under anti-trust, but taking a company as a subsidiary is not, which is the workaround for anti-trust. It gives the false illusion of competition being available.
As if that were a thing anymore.
Someone needs to patch that hole but we know the current government won’t…
Huh?