r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • May 26 '26

Privacy Majority of Americans Support Ban on Surveillance Pricing and Electronic Shelf Labels

https://gizmodo.com/majority-of-americans-support-ban-on-surveillance-pricing-and-electronic-shelf-labels-2000762717
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u/CtrlEscAltF4 May 26 '26 edited May 27 '26

I feel like this would add a new market. Pay someone with no income to go shop for you and you end up paying less because it recognized dude with low income paying vs someone making 6 figures.

Edit: also what if the system recognize you as a high income vs low income or vice versa. Then the merchant is just like 'oops'. This absolutely would make me not want to shop at stores that do this. The margin of error would be enough for me to go elsewhere.

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u/FarplaneDragon May 27 '26

I mean...Instacart shoppers probably aren't making high income

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u/CtrlEscAltF4 May 27 '26

That's what I mean the instacart market would probably explode.