By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/04/2026So what *is* surveillance pricing, why is it so dangerous, and what's wrong with Maryland's Protection Against Predatory Pricing Act? 6/ 1212
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/04/2026Surveillance pricing is when a company spies on you ("surveillance") and uses the resulting dossier to raise its prices to the maximum it calculates you will be willing to pay ("pricing"). With surveillance pricing, a retailer reaches into your bank account and devalues your dollars. 7/ 2295
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/04/2026If you pay $2 for an apple at the grocery store and the same store only charges me $1 for that apple, then that grocer is telling you that your dollars are worth half as much as mine: pluralistic.net/2025/06/24/p... 8/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Surveillance pricing lets corporations decide what your dollar is worth (24 Jun 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 2202
Anna R. Dudley @annardudley.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Florida just went the other way… we passed a bill letting data center developers hide utility and water plans for a year. Tracie Davis's grocery-side ban (SB 1746) died in committee the same week. I'm tracking it on DCSI from the Sunshine State. 000
