Corporations know more about you than you think — and they’re using it to charge you different (read: higher) prices.
This scheme is called surveillance pricing or personalized pricing.
Corporations know more about you than you think — and they’re using it to charge you different (read: higher) prices.
This scheme is called surveillance pricing or personalized pricing.
Amazon sometimes lists cheaper prices signed in vs not signed in. Also, based on what state you live in when logged in.
droi86 on
I was buying a plane ticket with my wife a couple of months ago, same wifi, almost same computer (Mac book pro from 2020, mine a bit better with 4 usb-c ports instead of hers with 2) she was using safari, I was using chrome, delta was showing the exact same flight $300 more expensive for her
valvilis on
If everyone started using VPNs in rural Kansas, I bet these corporations would get over it real quick.
Comfortable-Lie-8978 on
Sounds like public goods. Make more, pay more for them.
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Amazon sometimes lists cheaper prices signed in vs not signed in. Also, based on what state you live in when logged in.
I was buying a plane ticket with my wife a couple of months ago, same wifi, almost same computer (Mac book pro from 2020, mine a bit better with 4 usb-c ports instead of hers with 2) she was using safari, I was using chrome, delta was showing the exact same flight $300 more expensive for her
If everyone started using VPNs in rural Kansas, I bet these corporations would get over it real quick.
Sounds like public goods. Make more, pay more for them.