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Surveillance Pricing: Exploiting Information Asymmetries

https://lpeproject.org/blog/surveillance-pricing-exploiting-information-asymmetries/
19•cainxinth•1h ago

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NDlurker•27m ago
This is really making me consider going back to all cash and local purchases. Maybe prepaid debit cards and a PO box for when I need to order something online.
bestouff•26m ago
This can't happen in EU. Thanks again.
inetknght•19m ago
"Can't"?
neeeeeeal•25m ago
Based on the title, I assumed this would be about how the consumer could grasp and then counter-utilize the pricing differences these algorithms produce.

For example, understanding that you are being “targeted” by these algorithm for premium extraction and taking measures such as spinning up VPNs, clearing cache/history, etc to save the consumer from overpaying.

Seems like a good market for such a product would exist…

2009mobile•13m ago
The article describes Uber's surge pricing as a form of surveillance pricing, but this is misleading. The primary purpose of surge pricing isn't to maximize profit, it's to increase supply. Dynamic pricing in a 2-sided network is different than in retailing.

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