A Boring Dystopia

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Consumer, we have detected that you are above the poverty line. The 99¢ price printed on this Arizona tea can only applies to those below the poverty line. Your total comes to $3.67. (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 weeks ago by LengAwaits@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] dotned@lemmy.world 15 points 4 weeks ago (14 children)

How do they know what my income is?

[–] volodya_ilich@lemm.ee 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Because they can pay 10 million to a consulting firm to develop a customer-profiling model that predicts their income based on the most recent purchases with a 10% margin of error.

[–] Zacryon 1 points 4 weeks ago

So if someone only buys cheap stuff and not much, they will be considered less wealthy even though they could be a millionaire.

I know, I know, statistically it will be alright and that's what counts in the end from the business perspective.

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