Midnight@slrpnk.net to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoWhat is personalized pricing, and how do I avoid it?theconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down11
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkWhat is personalized pricing, and how do I avoid it?theconversation.comMidnight@slrpnk.net to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squareCrocodilloBombardino@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·8 days agoit’s called discriminatory pricing and it’s supposed to be illegal
minus-squareMysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoActually, personalized pricing isnt the same as illegal price discrimination - it’s legal as long as it doesn’t discriminate based on protected characteristics like race or gender.
minus-squaresocialsecurity@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 days agoSo is price gouging and price fixing… But post covid both became main stream.
it’s called discriminatory pricing and it’s supposed to be illegal
Actually, personalized pricing isnt the same as illegal price discrimination - it’s legal as long as it doesn’t discriminate based on protected characteristics like race or gender.
So is price gouging and price fixing… But post covid both became main stream.