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dcrazy 7 hours ago

Do you also think all you can eat buffets should be illegal? What about early bird specials? Free soda with a large fry? Happy hour wings? Where does the “bundling” end?

butlike 6 hours ago | parent [-]

1.) All you can eat buffets ARE the product, not a loss leader, so there's no bundle there.

2.) Early bird specials, again, aren't loss leaders. They're a way to get sales on the left side of the bell curve. The restaurant food is still the product, not a subsidy.

3.) Free soda with large fry doesn't actually exist (though it sounds like it should, right?)

4.) Happy hour wings (again, see #2)

None of these are bundling so I don't really get why you bothered to comment

jefftk 4 hours ago | parent [-]

> Free soda with large fry doesn't actually exist

I just searched and found free medium fries with a large soda at McD if you order through the app. Seems like bundling to me, and you have to use their particular app.

cyberax an hour ago | parent [-]

Sure, and perhaps it should be prohibited. But it's also a matter of impact.

But it's just hard to care too much about a commoditized product and an app with tons of competition. And McDonald's is not keeping any competitors away by locking their fries offer behind their app.