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There's probably a case for it being illegal, but the US laws are fairly high level and vague.

So, you have to catch someone's attention to get the FTC after you. They tend to go on industry specific hunts once public opinion goes a certain direction. Happened with diet pills, cryptocoin hardware, airlines not showing all in costs, etc.

Booking.com will probably eventually get their turn in the barrel. Could be a while though.




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