Seattle is now the first city in the country to ban surveillance pricing at the grocery store. We talked to Mayor Katie Wilson about making sure stores aren’t changing prices based on your personal data, and what they think you’re able to pay Host: Hannah Krieg Producer: Victoria Hammett Supervising Producer: Court Fuller Editor: Kunga Choephel
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So these companies are voting for socialism
If things cost more for high earners what is the point of having a higher salary
The more data these algorithms have the more regressive they can get.
A very poor person likely has fewer choices in grocery stores (food deserts), less time (multiple jobs), and fewer resources (public transport/gas prices) to be able to shop around. Items they can afford they can’t live without so they would have to spend whatever price they put on them. They don’t have a choice.
Compare that to a middle class family that already may shop at multiple grocery stores, and likely has access to Amazon Prime/Walmart+ or whatever to get groceries on demand (same algorithms are there but I guess we don’t care to regulate those). Stay at home parents with extra time to shop around to maximize savings, etc.
A lot more competition so they can’t raise prices on you as easily, as long as they aren’t colluding with their competition to keep prices higher.
