| ▲ | teeray 7 hours ago | |||||||||||||
It would be abhorrent to let humans change the prices of goods and services based on the color of your skin, age, gender, religion, etc. However, if a computer does it, that’s apparently just fine. | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | GuB-42 2 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||||||||
For age it is common and explicit. Senior discounts for instance, and a bit less explicitly, student discounts. It feels better when it is framed as a discount, but it is equivalent to overcharging those who don't get the discount. For the other categories, it is usually not explicit, but it definitely happens, especially when haggling is involved. | ||||||||||||||
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