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>>c5karl+(OP)
There is a certain sense that Elon Musk paid $44 billion to do this, so he has every right to do so.

>>powera+75
Unless it violates something like the Sherman Act[1]. Obviously we don’t know if they are actually doing this throttling and I don’t know whether it would be considered anticompetitive behaviour under that act but it is an example of where even though he has paid the money he doesn’t have the right to do so.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act

>>seanhu+Rd
The Sherman Act doesn't ban "anticompetitive behavior" exactly, it bans anticompetitive agreements. If you own a company, you can do whatever you want to screw over your competition. If you get together with some of your rival companies and agree to work together to screw over the rest of the competition, then you run afoul of the law.