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Amazon reportedly used a secret algorithm to jack up prices (www.theverge.com)

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[–] Amuck7157@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is it the scale of sales that matters? Like if I make an Etsy shop and set my prices based on competitors, is that illegal?

[–] bobloadmire@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, you're doing capitalism just like Amazon and everyone else. And if you don't want to do it personally feel free to write a script to do it just like Amazon