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Manitoba bill targets technology that could alter grocery prices for some shoppers
The Manitoba government says it's moving to ban what it calls "predatory pricing'' on groceries, even though the issue hasn't been seen locally.
#Consumer #Politics
https://globalnews.ca/news/11735342/manitoba-bill-targets-technology-that-could-alter-grocery-prices-for-some-shoppers/

CBC Manitoba 3d ago

Manitoba bill goes after grocers using 'predatory pricing' to charge some customers more online
Manitoba is targeting grocers that make customers pay different prices for the same items online, based on evidence of it happening in other jurisdictions.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/bill-49-predatory-pricing-9.7131963?cmp=rss

Ars Technica News Aug 1, 2025

Delta denies using AI to come up with inflated, personalized prices https://arstechni.ca/gyCH #ArtificialIntelligence #surveillancepricing #predatorypricing #AIpricing #Policy #Delta #AI

Delta denies using AI to come up with inflated, personalized prices

Delta finally explains how its AI pricing works amid ongoing backlash.

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BGDon 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 👨‍💻Jul 18, 2025

Are you a regular flier on Delta Airlines?
Caveat Emptor!

Beware! Make no mistake. This is Surveillance Pricing! Also known as predatory pricing or gouge pricing. https://gizmodo.com/delta-wants-20-of-flights-to-have-ai-powered-dynamic-pricing-by-the-end-of-2025-2000630389

As sated by the CEO: Delta was “optimizing revenue through [its] partnership with Fetcherr,” and “leveraging AI-enhanced pricing solutions.”

In Surveillance Pricing, retailers are algorithmically tweaking and targeting prices based on a variety of inputs—including consumer-related data and their behaviors and preferences (without consent), the location, time, and channels by which a consumer buys the product.

Learn more here: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/01/ftc-surveillance-pricing-study-indicates-wide-range-personal-data-used-set-individualized-consumer #DeltaAir #SurvelliencePricing #FTC # AI_enhanced_pricing #Shopping #predatorypricing #gougepricing #DynamicPricing #AI

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Cory Doctorow Aug 9, 2023

Uber was, is, and always will be a bezzle. There are intrinsic limitations to the profits in operating a taxi fleet, even if you misclassify your employees as contractors and steal their wages, even as you force them to bear the cost of buying and maintaining your taxis.

The magic of early Uber - when taxi rides were incredibly cheap, and there were always cars available, and drivers made generous livings behind the wheel - wasn't magic at all. It was just #PredatoryPricing.

Cory Doctorow May 19, 2023

They said it couldn't happen. After decades of #antitrust enforcement against #PredatoryPricing - selling goods below cost to kill existing competitors and prevent new ones from arising - the #ChicagoSchool of neoliberal #economists "proved" that predatory pricing didn't exist and that the courts could stand down and stop busting companies for it.

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Cory Doctorow Apr 25, 2023

Uber is a pure enshittification play. For more than a decade, the company lost more than 40 cents on every dollar, using #PredatoryPricing to destroy the yellow cab business and public transit. Now it employs ex-cab drivers at half their old wages to drive passengers at twice the old fares. It incinerated the forest and took root in the ashes.

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