In Kanada wird die algorithmische Preisgestaltung eingesetzt. Warum viele wollen, dass es verboten wird – National | Globalnews.ca

Kind of a thorny situation – this quote is important:

>“Algorithmic pricing, otherwise known as dynamic pricing, is when companies use AI and data to set different prices for consumers, depending on whatever attributes they set up,” retail analyst Bruce Winder said.

>This could be based on anything from the income levels and demographic details of the prospective customer to the demand for the good or service.

For *prospective* customers – does this just mean they’re forecasting what kind of demographic will visit, say, a particular store location based on past data or assumptions about the neighborhood or are they actually looking directly at the customer’s info and tailoring the price to some inferences?

In general I’d say let the consumers deal with it by punishing bad business practices, but their may be some situations here that call for intervention – like if the guy ahead of you in the grocery store pays for cheaper butter 30 seconds apart from your purchase because he’s wearing shabby clothing or has a poor credit score or something ridiculous like that. Maybe set a minimal time interval during which prices have to remain constant?

Algorithmic pricing sounds like some black mirror type shit