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cush
32 days ago
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Your Big Mac might cost more if McDonald's AI thin...
They just banned algorithmic pricing in seattle grocery stores. What that means and how they can possibly enforce it, I have no idea.
cataphract
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Can't they just do it with personalized discounts and other loyalty programs? That's what everyone's doing around here.
senectus1
32 days ago
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oof.
Thats a
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of overreach.
fcarraldo
32 days ago
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Regulation of predatory pricing practices is a primary function of government.
soerxpso
32 days ago
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It's a reach to even say that's a function of government. It's definitely not a
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function. Outside of a few relatively brief failed experiments, it's not historically something that government does at all.
ImPostingOnHN
32 days ago
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The history of regulating monpolies in the usa is indeed long and sparse.
senectus1
32 days ago
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thats not very capitalist of them.. come on. how is it the free market cant handle something like this?
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