▲ 1383 ▼ Consumer, we have detected that you are above the poverty line. The 99¢ price printed on this Arizona tea can only applies to those below the poverty line. Your total comes to $3.67. (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by LengAwaits@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world 252 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] eltrain123@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* Yes, I know. You're a sweet summer child if you think these algorithms will be used to consistently make wealthier people pay more, as opposed to (for example) charging poor people without cars more because they can't as easily go to a different store. They will exploit every customer to the maximum extent that they can. Rich customers may have more ability to pay, but they also have more resiliency and options to resist the exploitation. It does not seem likely that the price discrimination would really end up as progressive in the taxation sense as you hope. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* Yes, I know. You're a sweet summer child if you think these algorithms will be used to consistently make wealthier people pay more, as opposed to (for example) charging poor people without cars more because they can't as easily go to a different store. They will exploit every customer to the maximum extent that they can. Rich customers may have more ability to pay, but they also have more resiliency and options to resist the exploitation. It does not seem likely that the price discrimination would really end up as progressive in the taxation sense as you hope. permalink fedilink source parent
