Noted, companies have convinced governments to help protect their pricing structure.

What I find disquieting are all the long comments discussing the intricacies of these 'grey market' tactics. To even discuss it lends this kind of bad faith dealing a legitimacy it does not deserve.

It's like fan fiction.

Maybe it's just me, but when powerful people conspire to screw me over, I'm not that interested in hearing their venal arguments about why it was reasonable and for my own good.