[triceratops]

> not about you being forced to pay a particular commission

It's literally in the first paragraph of the article.

"At trial, a federal jury found that they violated antitrust law by conspiring to force home sellers to pay inflated commissions to real estate agents."

[pc86]

The force applies to "inflated," e.g. they agreed to pay a fee but were forced to pay an inflated fee. Not they were forced to pay any fee at all.

[triceratops]

I don't understand the point of this clarification.

[pc86]

There is a difference between "forced to pay a fee" and "forced to pay an inflated fee." The GP said it's not about being forced to pay a particular commission, which is the first one, which is accurate.

[triceratops]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48585389 the thread started here where the commenter said "diabolical fee". In any case this is high pedantry.