beep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoThe FTC is cracking down on companies that charge you a personalized price; Proposed enforcement policy would force companies to tell consumers how their personal data is being used to set a pricewww.consumerreports.orgexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1231arrow-down1external-linkThe FTC is cracking down on companies that charge you a personalized price; Proposed enforcement policy would force companies to tell consumers how their personal data is being used to set a pricewww.consumerreports.orgbeep@piefed.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-26 days agoHow about force companies to stop price discrimination? 🤷 Is that crazy? “Here’s how’s you’re being fucked” is not helpful…
minus-squareAbyssian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 days agoI’d be alright with “Bill Gates? That will be five million dollars.” and “Broke ass looking guy? That will be two pennies, rounded down.”
minus-squareTachyonTele_Esq@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 days agoYes it is crazy. You’d be stopping profits, and that is a sin.
How about force companies to stop price discrimination? 🤷 Is that crazy?
“Here’s how’s you’re being fucked” is not helpful…
I’d be alright with “Bill Gates? That will be five million dollars.” and “Broke ass looking guy? That will be two pennies, rounded down.”
Yes it is crazy. You’d be stopping profits, and that is a sin.