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Delta Will Use AI To Cut Costs And Set A Different Ticket Price For Every Passenger—CEO Says Profits Could Rise 50% (viewfromthewing.com)
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[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Is it? Don't the websites already look at if you've visited before and other things to offer different pricing? And people have griped about it but has anything been done?

It should explode, I just don't think it is or will.

[–] DuncanTheDrunk@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

It'd be nice if there was some type of regulation to prevent all this "dynamic pricing" bullshit. Instead I'm just waiting for it to hit grocery stores, because why not.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

It might can hit online shopping, but it is not practical to hit stores - at least not with the recent scares and rumours of some stores trying to do on-shelf dynamic pricing.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

how could that ever happen when Americans seem to be preconditioned to get fucked and just shrug about it?

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world -1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

first, I trust a regular algorithm to deliver predictable results, not so much ai

second, I was expecting at least some public push back but given the answres here, it looks like nobody knows what pushback means

so lesson learnt for me and I guess enjoy your higher prices for absolutely no gain as a consumer

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I don't fly.

But given my last sentence, not sure i'm the best target for your angst, which with I might not share the emotion, but I share the conclusion. lol. But no worries if you did see and still felt I was the best place to reply.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world -1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

well I had no way to know you don't fly… all I saw was your casual dismissal of this more efficient gouging

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

casual dismissal

Ah, so you can't read. Got it.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world -1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It should explode, I just don't think it is or will.

and English is not even my first language

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 0 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I don't see how supporting that it should explode in their faces (from the comment to which I'd replied) indicates casual dismissal.

But I guess you're just smarter than me.