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A Boring Dystopia

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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)
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[–] frankgrimeszz@lemmy.world 95 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

If you’re on the billionaire whitelist, you pay even lower than the people in poverty.

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 123 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Saw an interview with a guy (on Bloomberg actually) who explained that "ability to pay" and "willingness to pay" are two different things and that the pricing system doesn't target people who have a lot of money ("ability to pay") but rather people who have fewer options.

Like, if the app knows that you don't have a car and this is the only grocery store you can walk to, you will pay a higher price.