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surveillance pricing is such a bleak future. pull up to a fuel pump, price boxes above the individual fuel hoses say “To learn pricing, for your convenience, p
by toofy 2y ago
surveillance pricing is such a bleak future.
pull up to a fuel pump, price boxes above the individual fuel hoses say “To learn pricing, for your convenience, please scan your phone’s NFC chip so we can determine your personal income and economy-wide purchase history.”
“Oh, it looks like you’re in the mor17-36-97wcmyoal-93 pricing group!”
“However, our scan indicates there are 2 other individuals in your automobile. To ensure an accurate pricing model, for your convenience please scan person1 and person2 mobile NFC chips.”
“Oh, we see passenger number 3 is in raf79-93-18hswcpfu—32 pricing. Thank you!
“Unfortunately, we’re
unable to determine passenger 2’s income and economy-wide purchase history due to their lack of NFC ID. For your convenience please see teller inside for pricing options.”
“If you question the validity of our estimations, please send a certified postal letter to our headquarters with the price ids previously shown on screen during the passenger scans. (The postal mailing address can be conveniently received by request from welovecustomers@fuelUSA.com Please allow 6-8 weeks for processing and we’ll get that postal address to you in a timely manner.)
just let me fuel my car… please…
onto the grocery store we go… “Please open our convenient app and scan the item for pricing.” … “This app requires the permissions…”
and just for the record, since some or our tech monarchs fail to tell the difference, this is dystopian, bad. not good. this is not a “neat future.” even if we throw some neon music on top, it’s still horrifying.
- gruez 2y agoYou should tone the paranoia down a notch. Realistically speaking if they can't identify you they'll just give you a worse price. It makes absolutely no sense to refuse a sale.
- toofy 2y agoi was being hyperbolic and sarcastic for the sake of illustrating a directional trend we seem to be barreling towards. my apologies if i didn’t go far enough to make it more obvious. my fault.
- latentsea 2y agoI enjoyed it. It's certainly starting to feel that way on an emotional level sometimes at least.
- SN76477 2y agoThe problem with digital records is that they mingle.
- frankbreetz 2y agoNot if there is a monopoly on service and you can't afford. The gas and electric company already know who you are. I wouldn't put it past them to start doing this.
- gruez 2y ago>Not if there is a monopoly on service and you can't afford. Where do you live that gas stations operate as an monopoly? Gas stations are heavily competitive and operate on razor thin margins. >The gas and electric company already know who you are. I wouldn't put it past them to start doing this. Those are heavily regulated utilities. In most jurisdictions they don't even have the power to set their own prices, and they can't even cut you off for non-payment without going through months of warnings. They're certainly not going to refuse service because you can't scan an NFC card or whatever.
- frankbreetz 2y agoThey are heavily regulated now, but it's inconceivable that these industries become more unregulated, it's not hard to make an argument that companies should be able set there own prices.
- tomjen3 2y agoYou missed half of that - with that much effort at getting prices, you are not going to compare and so we end up with a nonexisting market. Prices must be completely transparent and all offers valid for everbody.
- Weryj 2y agoThe way you propose the alternative has to also be satirical, being punished for preserving a right to privacy with a higher price, is incredible dystopian. Or am I now the one who missed the satire 0.o?
- ls612 2y agoHe basically described every rewards program ever. Before modern computers and data science that was the way businesses could get an idea of who wanted to buy what, and they give discounts if you sign up.
- slackfan 2y agoInsurance already works this way, and will absolutely refuse a sale.