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Post #AwfSIp97gRLCLCkYDY by [email protected] |
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Delta airlines has announced a new surveillance pricing plan: they're going… |
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Post #AwfSIpIh6qzsotEC8W by [email protected] |
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@pluralistic No thanks delta. |
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Post #AwfSIpP4j86L8gDI5A by [email protected] |
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@krystyna @pluralistic Delta is about to learn how much of a cheap ass I really… |
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Post #AwfSIpcBwMapnMLlWi by [email protected] |
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Data-brokers hold all kinds of data on you, from the "legitimate" inf… |
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Post #AwfSIq4CGEzjCDS8B6 by [email protected] |
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All of this can be merged into a single file that you have no right to scrutini… |
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Post #AwfSIqVUckpSYsDviy by [email protected] |
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For example, McDonald's has invested in a startup called Plexure that offer… |
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Post #AwfSIqxqvJVvypUZvc by [email protected] |
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And just as these gigwork apps are deciding what your labor is worth, surveilla… |
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Post #AwfSIrZ4gvHvqGuIwi by [email protected] |
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Now we have Delta, which promises to do the same thing, but for plane tickets. … |
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Post #AwfSIs014kq5BpVowK by [email protected] |
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But this is different, and to explain why, here's a link to an article by t… |
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Post #AwfSIsT5Kg5idz72FU by [email protected] |
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"Second degree price discrimination" charges everyone *like* you the … |
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Post #AwfSIsxZVKTgAXNNlg by [email protected] |
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Horan argues that second-degree discrimination created efficiencies, for exampl… |
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Post #AwfSItRhhIa3fzTRjc by [email protected] |
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Now, Delta wants to squeeze more profits out of price discrimination, but by em… |
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Post #AwfSItra95HSyFa74S by [email protected] |
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Delta is doing this in partnership with an Israeli firm called Fetcherr, whose … |
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Post #AwfSIuSnuh3Spgzq5Y by [email protected] |
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Horan doesn't know what to make of this, but he speculates that because Fet… |
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Post #AwfSIuvWBw1WGkQlqS by [email protected] |
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Horan points out that the company's founders come from hedge funds, where a… |
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Post #AwfSIvNWVoQPfbX8Uq by [email protected] |
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Horan continues, the reason airlines aren't updating their algorithmic pric… |
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Post #AwfSIvn2yuqEwlTWHQ by [email protected] |
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It's what Uber already does, repricing both the labor of its drivers based … |
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Post #AwfSIwDdO46oHDukim by [email protected] |
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But Uber rides are last-minute, small dollar purchases, which decreases the lik… |
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Post #AwfSIwhPbLvblZqX8S by [email protected] |
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One thing Horan doesn't mention here is that British Airways has just done … |
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Post #AwfSIxA7satfCdHStM by [email protected] |
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Under the old system, this would have been worth 10 tier points out of the 1500… |
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Post #AwfSIxeG4Z02i5NWrI by [email protected] |
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This gambit will block its best fliers from getting a better price from an onli… |
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Post #AwfSIy5uPl7M5qJbxQ by [email protected] |
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These apologists claim that by increasing the amount of "information"… |
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Post #AwfSIyaOaPVJcOZxTc by [email protected] |
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Not only will airlines sue you for trying to find out what their fares are, the… |
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Post #AwfSIzJ3uLEVqvTd68 by [email protected] |
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When they spy on you, that's progress. When you monitor their behavior, tha… |
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Post #AwfSIznC6JKtMNZh44 by [email protected] |
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This absolutely totally *does not work*. You should *not* give your credit-card… |
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Post #AwfSJSsVxbp5ZHHqsq by [email protected] |
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Rather, they're claiming that every website will eventually re-tool so that… |
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Post #AwfSJTJSLRNEuptMsS by [email protected] |
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This is a remarkable sleight of hand! First of all, re-engineering every websit… |
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Post #AwfSJTk2kadoFIKbJo by [email protected] |
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In that essay, I suggest that there are multiple reasons that companies will no… |
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Post #AwfSJUJ8e6iK08kd1M by [email protected] |
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They are not going to voluntarily categorize their handbag in a way that facili… |
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Post #AwfSJUkmzIpdNtgi7U by [email protected] |
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By offering a low sticker price, a company could win on price comparison, even … |
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Post #AwfSJVAfR5X2g9nNSK by [email protected] |
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Think of all the Amazon sellers who use deceptive product photos to make you th… |
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Post #AwfSJVZTwpNhv7PC8O by [email protected] |
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Every complex ecosystem has parasites; that goes triple for the web. We won'… |
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Post #AwfSJW523WcPUyAOJM by [email protected] |
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Fetching airfares for several routes and comparing them isn't something you… |
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Post #AwfSJWVGTzbOoKRLCS by [email protected] |
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This is a well-known AI gambit. First, announce that agentic AI will be able to… |
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Post #AwfSJWwYqVR8AzD8kK by [email protected] |
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Then, when it became clear that this would result in slaughtersome robot-on-hum… |
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Post #AwfSJXPH7kPBc2e4VE by [email protected] |
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> “Rather than building AI to solve the pogo stick problem, we should part… |
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Post #AwfSJXsLNfep4CFHoO by [email protected] |
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AI agents aren't going to replace human labor. The only way we'll repla… |
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Post #AwfSJYHrqm4eLMBfay by [email protected] |
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Hey, German-speakers! Through a very weird set of circumstances, I ended up own… |
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Post #AwfSJYle43tRpi7S0e by [email protected] |
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Image:Cryteria (modified)https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svgCC … |
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Post #AwfoJxVaHBj5YcCavY by [email protected] |
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@pluralistic In every feudalistic society, it was necessary to restrict the mov… |
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Post #AwfoJy1qLFWxAfIMD2 by [email protected] |
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2/...restricting air travel is good for the environment & politics. It redu… |
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Post #AwfoLDB3VNeSRXCIl6 by [email protected] |
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@pluralistic Dynamic pricing is such a lovely thing. Before price tags actually… |
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Post #AwfsI0kFfgiGphODDM by [email protected] |
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@pluralistic Their AI is hallucinating. I sm not spending any money with them,… |
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Post #AwftGK2d3a3s3RkBSi by [email protected] |
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@pluralistic In that case I ought to get to fly for free. Look at my finances a… |
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Post #AwfuaSs62Io9BczBdA by [email protected] |
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@pluralistic Huh, who would have thought that the company that lobbied to reduc… |
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Post #AwfxiKy3bdeKquDfiS by [email protected] |
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@pluralistic Posting online so that the data brokers will see this and pass it … |
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Post #Awg0yZq8NYlZTPwtiS by [email protected] |
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@pluralistic I last flew in 1985, so hopefully I end up in first class or I red… |
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Post #Awg681LnxmstAq5LCi by [email protected] |
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@pluralistic what an absolute horseshit pricing plan. It’s not safe to fly ri… |
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Post #AwgOEyA41BGEU53YUy by [email protected] |
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@T2R @pluralistic And the evidence for lack of safety is? |
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Post #AwhOs9EEexKznzz6zQ by [email protected] |
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@jrootham @pluralistic have you not seen how many near misses and engine fires … |
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Post #AwhOs9M2BxZmCBdL96 by [email protected] |
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@T2R @pluralistic Yeah, I was a little sloppy. Still safer than cars at the mo… |
