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Comment by djeastm

4 days ago

>"surveillance pricing" (which is just a scarier-sounding synonym for "dynamic pricing")

For your consideration:

>"dynamic pricing" (which is just a friendlier-sounding synonym for "surveillance pricing")

Dynamic pricing and surveillance pricing are two different things, e.g. reduce price for fresh produce by x% 1 hour becore the store closes = dynamic pricing. Surveillance pricing is based on personal data of the individual customer (browser history etc.) which, when applied to groceries is basically everything Instacart does.