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[–] aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Things like using surveillance to figure out when your payday is and raising prices (just for you, and just on that day) because you psychologically are more willing to spend in that moment

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's fucked up. Why this legal?

[–] aeshna_cyanea@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because we live in a capitalist hellscape and the companies that implemented these tricks were the fastest growing segment of our economy for like 15 years (esp after the 2008 crash) so the government turned a blind eye. Now they control the world and are able to literally buy politicians

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've heard that if we vote, all these problems will go away. But every time I vote, there's never an option on the ballets for "Guillotines"

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 4 points 23 hours ago

The free market will provide guillotines if the people truly want them. /s

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We let them and also you need quite a lot of skill to overcome it as it is a kind of a cat and mouse game. And there's a end game of "tell us who you are or else we don't tell you the price, or we tell you only the 'highest price that nobody pays' "

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Perhaps it's not a lot of skill needed, but a particular set of skills