Manitoba Moves to Outlaw Algorithmic Pricing—a First in Canada
https://thewalrus.ca/manitoba-moves-against-retailers-charging-different-prices-for-the-same-goods/
https://thewalrus.ca/manitoba-moves-against-retailers-charging-different-prices-for-the-same-goods/
11 Comments
rndmdsplyname@lemmy.ca · 34 pts · 168d
Holy fuck I haven’t so delighted about current events in YEARS!!!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · -7 pts · 167d
yay a single law
rndmdsplyname@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 167d
loll i’m with you but in this anti-consumer hellhole this feels like a huge win
Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 168d
Overall I've been pretty happy with Mr. Kinew and the NDP. They've been a lot better than the conservatives ever have been for our province.
CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 168d
This is a very good idea. Hope it catches on.
recursive_recursion@piefed.ca · 17 pts · 168d
Hey Manitoba, you dropped this
bluejade@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 168d
clearly the greatest province in Canada
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 168d
The algorithm for collusion on prices is trivial.
Set price = competitors max price.
nyan@lemmy.cafe · 7 pts · 167d
They're talking about the kind of algorithmic pricing that uses information about shopping patterns to try to charge some people more than others, not the kind of simple price-fixing racket that's likely been going on since Nanni was complaining about the quality of Ea-nāṣir's copper
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 165d
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quick_snail@feddit.nl · -3 pts · 167d
What does that mean? I don't think it's possible to determine pricing without some algorithm to calculate it