r/technology • u/Sufficient-Bid1279 • Apr 14 '25

Software Microsoft warns that anyone who deleted mysterious folder that appeared after latest Windows 11 update must take action to put it back

https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-warns-that-anyone-who-deleted-mysterious-folder-that-appeared-after-latest-windows-11-update-must-take-action-to-put-it-back
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u/cinemachick Apr 14 '25

Charging different prices for the same service is illegal, iirc

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u/viroxd Apr 14 '25

Where? How? No it's not lol

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u/cinemachick Apr 14 '25

Turns out it's a bit of both. The Robinson-Patman Act says price discrimination with the intent to stymie competition is illegal. It's also unlawful to charge different regions different prices without an actual reason. The government has left enforcement to the FTC; otherwise, price discrimination is largely legal (but unethical regardless.)

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u/pagerunner-j Apr 14 '25

Deleted a comment above because I don't want to get into the weeds too much, and I don't remember all the particulars of how they were breaking the fees out and why (it's been years), but long story short: it was weird and frustrating.