LC-037 / Corporate / Public ledger

Forced product bundling.

Companies can package services or features together even if consumers only want one.

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In ordinary words.

Buy the thing you need plus three things you didn't ask for.

In legal terms.

Tying and bundling become unlawful in particular antitrust or deceptive-practice circumstances.

Where it stops being legal.

This practice is not categorically legal. Applicable federal, state and local laws, disclosures, procedural protections and the specific facts can make particular conduct unlawful.

Legal authority / Start reading

Sherman Act; Clayton Act

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