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)

submitted 7 months ago by LengAwaits@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 40 points 7 months ago (2 children)

This isn’t new. Websites have had higher prices when browsed with a Mac than when browsed with Linux.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Or price manipulated by postal codes via geo-IP or your profile's shipping or billing address.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 6 points 7 months ago

Plus returning visits. Airlines have been caught charging higher prices to someone who returns later to purchase an airfare that they previously looked at.