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Indeed
Reminds me of booking flights. Airline sees you browsing for flights on given dates and instantly jacks up the price within an hour before you’ve had a chance to complete the reservation.
Broken incentives, make the world a better place
I wholeheartedly agree with this.
Vitor Pamplona
Picture this:
1. You type on Google "laptop won't turn on"
2. Google now knows you have a broken laptop and can estimate how desperate you are to fix it.
3. Because it knows how desperate you are, it can increase shop prices proportionally.
You are going to pay the maximum they get you to pay.
That's algorithmic pricing.
The more companies know about you, the more they can predict and sell how desperate you are to other stores out there.
An internet-connected car knows much more about you than you realize. A smart TV also knows what you like. Your Alexa knows if there is a problem in the home.
Privacy is much more than just sensitive data.
It's about not giving leverage away.
Because algorithms will use it against you.
Be safe out there.
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In reality, none of this really works 🤣
Sharing - Knowledge is Power 👊
Satosha
Privacy tools ( aka Freedom tech ) is an immune response to surveillance web ..
But it sucks !
The goal should be to build free internet #nostr ..not #freedomTech
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The cost of fully reliable efficient realtime information is very high - it is #bitcoin :-)
That's interesting. Thanks for sharing it
Exactly right.
This!
Vitor Pamplona
Picture this:
1. You type on Google "laptop won't turn on"
2. Google now knows you have a broken laptop and can estimate how desperate you are to fix it.
3. Because it knows how desperate you are, it can increase shop prices proportionally.
You are going to pay the maximum they get you to pay.
That's algorithmic pricing.
The more companies know about you, the more they can predict and sell how desperate you are to other stores out there.
An internet-connected car knows much more about you than you realize. A smart TV also knows what you like. Your Alexa knows if there is a problem in the home.
Privacy is much more than just sensitive data.
It's about not giving leverage away.
Because algorithms will use it against you.
Be safe out there.
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It seems really hard to get privacy.
#privacy has many layers. There are many levels. For those who focus on privacy it is a lifestyle, which often requires tradeoffs and compromises. It is like #Bitcoin in that it should be held in #selfcustody. There are no trustworthy privacy custodians. We are personally responsible. Vitor gives us a thoughtful example.
Vitor Pamplona
Picture this:
1. You type on Google "laptop won't turn on"
2. Google now knows you have a broken laptop and can estimate how desperate you are to fix it.
3. Because it knows how desperate you are, it can increase shop prices proportionally.
You are going to pay the maximum they get you to pay.
That's algorithmic pricing.
The more companies know about you, the more they can predict and sell how desperate you are to other stores out there.
An internet-connected car knows much more about you than you realize. A smart TV also knows what you like. Your Alexa knows if there is a problem in the home.
Privacy is much more than just sensitive data.
It's about not giving leverage away.
Because algorithms will use it against you.
Be safe out there.
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Exactly! I don’t know how people are so comfortable paying to create their very own 1984 environment.
Hotels too. First grade price discrimination.
It's already working on Uber and Lyft apps. Drivers are getting paid lower based on how desperate they are and users are getting billed higher by how desperate they are.
Aqui em BH já é possível encontrar motoristas de Uber recebendo em Satoshis,por que será hein !? 😎⚡️🔥
In any corporation, there are more things and departments that don't work, or pretend to work, and on top of that comes legacy, etc.
I'm not saying that Google, Microsoft, or Amazon can't do anything, but if something works, even more doesn't work or is about to break soon. 🤭
It is the same with flying and traveling. If the algorithm knows that you love or have to travel (e.g. for work) prices go up. It is horrible and it is still evolving on a daily basis, so it is gonna get worse for sure.
Using #Googl$ products encourages a massive fiat corporation to scrape private and personal information in order to sell it to whoever they want and to use it to influence people.
Use #GrapheneOS for a more secure phone📱💪
I worked for a large communications company a while ago. I had access to the work of the data science team and media distribution.
They know when you take a shit. Seriously.
Social media algorithms nowadays are mind control.
Back in 1957 subliminal messaging was used to increase popcorn sells in the cinema.
During fractions of a second projections with the line "Buy Popcorn" were shown in movies.
It increased the sales by 57%.
Imagine what can be done with the algorithms nowadays! Our monkey brain can't deal with it!
That scares me too
Do you have any proof of this? I kinda doubt this is the case
This is so true!
If this is true:
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Then the example
@Vitor Pamplona gives can certainly be true.
👀 IoB.
yes these companies don't want to rip anyone off
You're not going to pay the max. Free markets prevent this through competitions and choice. There isn't only 1 shop, search or AI.
You will if you're lazy minded enough to think that Google results hold 100% of the competitors.
reading some of the comments and having that feeling that in Nostr there are many gaslighted individuals that believe without questioning in the narrative of the big tech on Privacy... Most probably, the same group that believes their governments narratives and probably triple inoculated with the experimental drug the USA CDC called "vaccine"
Complete idiots, there is no cure for that level of idiocy...
Half of tech these days is Eye of Sauron
Airlines are already doing this! I'm sure with AI it will become cheaper and more accurate to target price people..
One of the many reasons to use a VPN and avoid Google all together
Just another prong of surge pricing.
In UK you can only renew car insurance quotes within 30 days.
Get quotes online with 29 days to go > very competitive
Get quotes online with 1 day to go > very expensive
Vitor Pamplona
Picture this:
1. You type on Google "laptop won't turn on"
2. Google now knows you have a broken laptop and can estimate how desperate you are to fix it.
3. Because it knows how desperate you are, it can increase shop prices proportionally.
You are going to pay the maximum they get you to pay.
That's algorithmic pricing.
The more companies know about you, the more they can predict and sell how desperate you are to other stores out there.
An internet-connected car knows much more about you than you realize. A smart TV also knows what you like. Your Alexa knows if there is a problem in the home.
Privacy is much more than just sensitive data.
It's about not giving leverage away.
Because algorithms will use it against you.
Be safe out there.
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À friend just had this happen. Checked out an apple mac price, confirmed and very next day drove 50 miles and found the price has shifted £350⬆️📈
Surge pricing started this trends, but algorithmic pricing is much bigger. It doesn't need to be a reaction on demand as it was in surge pricing.
Yeah... I was more looking at it as surge pricing via micro demand. I think conditional pricing may make more sense and they can all fit under that umbrella.
I do agree with you that all of these avenues will be big in coming years.
that is a great post but can you give actionable advice
i have been trying to avoid Google but it is shockingly hard. for example using android OS and YouTube. rumble is good In theory but there's nothing on there to watch. total joke
We’ll pay a premium for dumb products in the future.
It's all exhausting.
Let me know if you find out any actionable advice too!
Bruh. 🤯
You’re right
Privacy flourishes where algorithms can’t reach.
Vitor Pamplona
Picture this:
1. You type on Google "laptop won't turn on"
2. Google now knows you have a broken laptop and can estimate how desperate you are to fix it.
3. Because it knows how desperate you are, it can increase shop prices proportionally.
You are going to pay the maximum they get you to pay.
That's algorithmic pricing.
The more companies know about you, the more they can predict and sell how desperate you are to other stores out there.
An internet-connected car knows much more about you than you realize. A smart TV also knows what you like. Your Alexa knows if there is a problem in the home.
Privacy is much more than just sensitive data.
It's about not giving leverage away.
Because algorithms will use it against you.
Be safe out there.
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Privacy is an ever lasting battle. It is never fully won or lost. Do what you can whenever you can. This builds your defensive skills and tilts the balance in your favor. Every single, seemingly tiny step is a step in the right direction.
Never give up and spread the word!
great sentiment but actionable advice needed lol
well protonmail and duckduckgo are nice starters. organic maps or mapquest. grapheneOS. nostr. shit like that.
