Anyway, Cory has been ringing the alarm about this for ages. He even has a blog post about a city that passed a similar law, but it has huge loopholes for big grocery to keep profit maxxing.
Good overview: https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/30/pay-for-privacy/ Specific article about Maryland: https://economicpopulist.substack.com/p/gov-wes-moore-claims...
Anyway, Cory has been ringing the alarm about this for ages. He even has a blog post about a city that passed a similar law, but it has huge loopholes for big grocery to keep profit maxxing.
Good overview: https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/30/pay-for-privacy/ Specific article about Maryland: https://economicpopulist.substack.com/p/gov-wes-moore-claims...