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"In 2012, Orbitz infamously displayed more expensive hotel offers to Mac users on the assumption that they were less price-sensitive." I was doing that in the
by bigiain 6mo ago
"In 2012, Orbitz infamously displayed more expensive hotel offers to Mac users on the assumption that they were less price-sensitive."
I was doing that in the late 90s. Not marking up prices, but displaying higher priced hotels at the top of search returns. It was surprisingly effective when we compared aggregated per night rates between Mac and Windows users (as identified by user-agent).
- nickburns 6mo agoSo you're an admitted scumbag? (Primarily Windows user by the way.)
- PradeetPatel 6mo agoNo need for this kind of attitude here. If you can extract more value out of a customer using more data points, wouldn't you? Or will you simply leave money on the table for someone else to take.
- OgsyedIE 6mo agoI agree, if you can take advantage of a situation in some way, it's your duty as an American to do it. Why should the race always be to the swift, or the jumble to the quick-witted? Should they be allowed to win merely because of the gifts God gave them? Well I say, cheating is the gift man gives himself.
- nickburns 6mo agoGuy's clearly not an American! (Either of them.)
- bigiain 6mo agoWith the benefit of hindsight. Yeah. Probably...