By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/07/2026With "surveillance pricing," businesses have finally found something AI can do way, way, *way* better than people: price gouging. 1/ 7476257
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/07/2026If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: pluralistic.net/2026/07/30/p... 2/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. 17013
estherinthemiddle.bsky.social @estherinthemiddle.bsky.social · 31/07/2026You raise my blood pressure every morning but I love you anyway 030
Saavykas @saavykas.bsky.social · 31/07/2026of course the fucking killer app of LLM systems would end up being enabling superhuman price gouging 0323
Timlagor @timlagor.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The great thing about using an LLM for this is that no one can ever say (when) it got it wrong. [quite apart from how horrible the practice is in principle] 101
WSAGcort @wsagcort.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Thanks for posting. Maybe you or your followers can answer this: if I add an item to my Amazon wish list, does doing so decrease the likelihood that I'll be offered it at a discount in the future, as I've self identified to Amazon that I've an interest in buying it? 000
