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is this some kind of sarcasm that my iq isn't high enough to understand? pretty sure everyone hates the idea of dynamic pricing

Agree. Further, not sure if 'black and white' is an idiom about clarity or an attempt to inject race into it.

This actually seems like a pretty uniting issue. I haven't seen many politicians of any party openly come out in favor of the sort of price discrimination banned by this bill.

Came to say the same thing. Though calling it 'price discrimination' will bring out the MAGAs who will reflexively conclude that banning it must be woke/DEI and then demand to have it everywhere. Better to call it 'diverse pricing' to get the opposite reaction.

"diverse pricing" comes across as DEI pricing, too, what with the name. And the name is what's important, not the actual idea. If you want them to be against it, call it "Socialist Pricing" or if you want them to support it call it "Freedom Pricing." I know it's not indicative of either, but it just needs to sound bad or good.

I think that was the idea, that MAGAs would see "price discrimination" as a good thing, but "diverse pricing" as a bad thing.

FWIW, Trump's FTC dropped a price discrimination lawsuit against Pepsi after Pepsi donated $500k to Trump's inauguration. The suit was brought up under Biden's administration.

Republican politicians do support price discrimination. It fits in with their pro big business, anti consumer policies. To recognize this and then quibble over "the sort" or how "openly" they support it, is disingenuous.

If only we could be free from this virus! When I encounter a fellow grocery store price gouger, I am not filled with the sense of fraternity and compassion I should. Instead, I have been manipulated into feeling like they're my enemy!

This is coming off as something I would see in r/iamverysmart. I only see this coming from people that self-declared "independents" who try to play the "both sides" card and won't ever stand for anything. Which really just says everything you need to know. (If this isn't you, don't worry! The comment just comes across as an indicator.)

That you would bring this up here is odd. This topic is hardly deeply divisive, nor is it a new issue. That you think so is more a case of you not reading the news.

The topic of AI surveillance pricing is almost exclusively covered by left-leaning media sources according to ground news and party affiliation largely predicted the vote with no 100% of voting Democratic legislators for and 88% of voting republicans against it.

It feels like a partisan issue.

But I guess I don't read the news.

> But I guess I don't read the news.

No, you don't. Since you rely on AI to do the thinking for you.

> It feels like a partisan issue.

It feels like a non-partisan issue. There, debunked.

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