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  • amazon Amazon tried to stiff a man who ordered an iPhone and got dog food instead Mark Frauenfelder
  • Ripoffs We already know Ticketmaster is a rip-off, John Oliver explains just how terrible it is Mark Frauenfelder
  • Ripoffs Another example of a garbage Instagram product and the seller's fraudulent reply Mark Frauenfelder
  • drm Unauthorized Charcoal: GE fridges won't dispense ice or water unless your filter authenticates as an official ($55!) component Cory Doctorow
  • corruption Private equity firms should be abolished Cory Doctorow
  • health In any other industry, emergency medical billing would be considered fraudulent Cory Doctorow
  • fraud After decades of corporate theft, Spinal Tap is finally getting paid by Universal Cory Doctorow
  • travel Airbnb's easily gamed reputation system and poor customer service allow scammers to thrive Cory Doctorow
  • Business AT&T hikes business customers' bills by up to 7%, charging them to recoup its own property taxes Cory Doctorow
  • cable company fuckery Consumer Reports documents the deceptive cable industry practices used to hike real prices 24% over advertised ones Cory Doctorow
  • Ripoffs Startup that raised $197 million appears to have plagiarized the words, images, and design of a competitor Mark Frauenfelder
  • security Report: UK "Ransomware consultants" Red Mosquito promise to unlock your data, but they're just paying off the criminals (and charging you a markup!) Cory Doctorow
  • Ripoffs Samantha Bee looks at Facebook propagated multilevel marketing Mark Frauenfelder
  • finance Chase credit cards quietly reintroduce the binding arbitration clauses they were forced to eliminate a decade ago Cory Doctorow
  • law Federal lawsuit calls college textbook/ebook packages a "scam" Cory Doctorow
  • Business Grifty "information security" companies promised they could decrypt ransomware-locked computers, but they were just quietly paying the ransoms Cory Doctorow
  • Ripoffs The eyeglass industry is a ripoff, with "markups often approaching 1,000%" Mark Frauenfelder
  • law The TRUE Fees Act: legislative proposal to force cable/ISP companies to advertise the true cost of their services, inclusive of surcharges Cory Doctorow
  • travel A service to help airline passengers get compensated for lost bags, delays, cancellations and overbookings Cory Doctorow
  • trumpism Charter slashes network spending by $2B, but makes up for it by charging its customers more Cory Doctorow
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