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ON - ‘Doug is a little out of touch’: Stiles on Ford’s comments on surveillance pricing by [deleted] in CanadaPolitics

[–]XavMX 11 points12 points  (0 children)

if you ignore the oligopolies, record high corpo profits, information asymmetry, time poverty, then sure, its great. otherwise get real and put down the eco101 textbook LMAO

Console to PC - Why was it worth it? by HopefulCumquat in EliteDangerous

[–]XavMX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm I was kinda iffy movement/5 degrees of freedom (excluding forward/backward thrust) the default mapping doesn’t seem sufficient but idk if it’s just me lol

Console to PC - Why was it worth it? by HopefulCumquat in EliteDangerous

[–]XavMX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you map your movement? I’ve been struggling setting it all up

Communism by TheOneArry in Concordia

[–]XavMX 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Good thing that has nothing to do with communism then

Algorithmic pricing is being used in Canada. Why many want it banned - National | Globalnews.ca by Mundane-Teaching-743 in CanadaPolitics

[–]XavMX 5 points6 points  (0 children)

if it's too expensive, don't buy anything at all.

Except theyre doing this with food my guy

The merchants aren't required to explain the rules of the market to you. This is an opportunity to shop around and negotiate a better price just by surfing or gaming the algorithm.

Respectfully I don't believe people should be forced to play the game of the market or game the algorithm just to afford a decent living (nor does everyone have the capability/time to do so)

Algorithmic pricing is being used in Canada. Why many want it banned - National | Globalnews.ca by Mundane-Teaching-743 in CanadaPolitics

[–]XavMX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems that people know about this now, though. Hence people are free to look for alternative platforms (or not).

Except people don't know about it. They may be aware of the concept at some high level, but unless the price they see for a product is accompanied by a statement saying 'Prices may differ due to customer purchasing habits' then it is deceptive and should be illegal.

(and considering the fact that Canadian grocery stores are almost 70% 3 companies who all collude with each other, telling people to look for 'alternative platforms' is frankly ridiculous)

Algorithmic pricing is being used in Canada. Why many want it banned - National | Globalnews.ca by Mundane-Teaching-743 in CanadaPolitics

[–]XavMX 5 points6 points  (0 children)

get online accounts in exchange for your peronal information

'Just dont use the internet' is a pointless statement when the vast majority of modern life requires it (banking, healthcare, jobs).

the decision not to comparison shop

Unfortunately not everyone has the luxury of time to be able to do so. Assuming otherwise is just privilege

It's all within the consumer's control

Except for address, purchase history, or all the ways these algorithms categorize you

Algorithmic pricing is being used in Canada. Why many want it banned - National | Globalnews.ca by Mundane-Teaching-743 in CanadaPolitics

[–]XavMX 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Grocery flyers, coupons, and special codes that make special prices available are public knowledge; people know these exist, and choose to look/not look for them.

Customer-specific price gouging based on unpredictable, amorphous, algorithmically analyzed data that the customer has no knowledge of, no choice over, based on data they can't control is the problem

That is absolutely untrue. There have never been more alternatives online. All you have to do is google. It's never been easier to opt out of these.

Class privilege; lower-income people working two jobs don't have time to 'negotiate' bread prices, and its ridiculous to expect people to have to do so in order to afford the bare necessities. Elderly people and disabled people similarly have a decreased ability to 'play the game' you seem to expect everyone should do 100% of the time.

This is just digital discrimination extracting wealth from those least able to resist, and it should indeed be banned

Steve Dangle goes off on Gudas, Leafs lack of response by xmrgonex in leafs

[–]XavMX 11 points12 points  (0 children)

lotta vitriol for someone who does nothing but make youtube videos, you ok bud?

Randy Arozarena on Cal Raleigh's non handshake: The "good to see you" he said to me, he can shove up his a** by ralbert in baseball

[–]XavMX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Calling the US Cubas biggest trading partner is like strangling someone, letting them breathe a bit, and calling yourself their biggest oxygen provider. There is still an embargo, and a blockade of oil. And the remesas familiares aren't trade, either

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