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I don't know where you live, but I would be very, very surprised if your country happened to have "mobile OS" enshrined in law as a forbidden avenue of price di

by kibwen 3y ago

I don't know where you live, but I would be very, very surprised if your country happened to have "mobile OS" enshrined in law as a forbidden avenue of price discrimination.

thiht 3y ago
Come on, do you see absolutely no way a law preventing price discrimination could be formulated without referring to "mobile OS"? I know American laws are sometimes weirdly specific but still. From a quick check on my government's website: - prices must be displayed outside and inside the restaurant - the prices can't be different depending on where they're displayed - the displayed price must include taxes and service fees That's enough to guarantee there's no possibly legal price discrimination. Not a single mention of "mobile OS".
- jameshart 3y ago
  Hmm… is a restaurant allowed to offer a kids menu? Can they refuse to allow an adult to order from it? https://youtu.be/Q7FxpK_yC0U https://youtu.be/Q7FxpK_yC0U
  - thiht 3y ago
    Didn’t know this show, it kinda reminds me of Louie. Thanks! Actually children menus are sometimes marked as < 12 years old now that I think of it. Not sure if it’s legal, but I don’t think it would be enforced.
- zamnos 3y ago
  It's a reference to the concept in US law of protected class - discrimination is entirely legal against certain kinds of people. It's only protected classes that it is illegal to discriminate against. Specifically the law prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability. But if your restaurant wanted to charge people named Thomas or left-handed people $2 extra, that would be totally legal.
donatj 3y ago
I don't know where you live but I would be very surprised if a restaurant had a high enough operational surplus to pay for any of this. Most resurants, even fancy ones are continuously a couple particular bad services away from bankruptcy.
- kibwen 3y ago
  This appears to be trying to suggest that low-margin businesses are somehow inherently immune to the idea of increasing their margins by any means necessary?

by kibwen 3y ago

I don't know where you live, but I would be very, very surprised if your country happened to have "mobile OS" enshrined in law as a forbidden avenue of price discrimination.

thiht 3y ago

Come on, do you see absolutely no way a law preventing price discrimination could be formulated without referring to "mobile OS"? I know American laws are sometimes weirdly specific but still. From a quick check on my government's website: - prices must be displayed outside and inside the restaurant - the prices can't be different depending on where they're displayed - the displayed price must include taxes and service fees That's enough to guarantee there's no possibly legal price discrimination. Not a single mention of "mobile OS".

jameshart 3y ago
Hmm… is a restaurant allowed to offer a kids menu? Can they refuse to allow an adult to order from it? https://youtu.be/Q7FxpK_yC0U https://youtu.be/Q7FxpK_yC0U
- thiht 3y ago
  Didn’t know this show, it kinda reminds me of Louie. Thanks! Actually children menus are sometimes marked as < 12 years old now that I think of it. Not sure if it’s legal, but I don’t think it would be enforced.
zamnos 3y ago
It's a reference to the concept in US law of protected class - discrimination is entirely legal against certain kinds of people. It's only protected classes that it is illegal to discriminate against. Specifically the law prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability. But if your restaurant wanted to charge people named Thomas or left-handed people $2 extra, that would be totally legal.

donatj 3y ago

I don't know where you live but I would be very surprised if a restaurant had a high enough operational surplus to pay for any of this. Most resurants, even fancy ones are continuously a couple particular bad services away from bankruptcy.

kibwen 3y ago
This appears to be trying to suggest that low-margin businesses are somehow inherently immune to the idea of increasing their margins by any means necessary?