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More and more your internet persona will determine the prices you have to pay for anything online. I already can see former SEO people offering services for online persona optimisation (OPO). 🙄

»[..] two people searching for the same flight could be shown different fares if the airline's algorithms infer one is a price-sensitive vacationer and the other a last-minute business traveler with a higher budget.«

blog.getjetback.com/delta-engi

JetBack · Delta Engineered a Pricing System That Sorts You by Economic ValueDelta's New AI-Powered Pricing Strategy Delta Air Lines is embarking on a bold experiment in airfare pricing. At a recent investor presentation, the airline announced plans to expand its use of artificial intelligence for setting ticket prices to cover 20% of its U.S. domestic flights by the end of

"That inquiry led the #FTC to conclude that "widespread adoption of this practice [AI surveillance pricing] may fundamentally upend how consumers buy products and how companies compete."

"In the press release, the anti-monopoly watchdog, the American Economic Liberties Project, was counted among advocacy groups endorsing the Democrats' bill. Their senior legal counsel, Lee Hepner, pointed out that "grocery prices have risen 26 percent since the pandemic-era explosion of online shopping," and that's "dovetailing with new technology designed to squeeze every last penny from consumers."

"Hepner pushed lawmakers to support the legislation banning #AI #surveillance #pricing, suggesting that could help "restore fair, transparent, and predictable pricing." Otherwise, "there is no such thing as a good deal when every consumer is charged a different price," Hepner warned."
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

Ars Technica · Delta’s AI spying to “jack up” prices must be banned, lawmakers sayBy Ashley Belanger

Okay, #Argon40's #ArgonOneUP looks cool...

My problem is that it's on kickstarter and closed and not available from Argon40 or any of their #distributors and #pricing info is rather hazy, with some sites suggesting it to be around U$D 400-ish.

Thanks to @geerlingguy for looking into it, even tho I wished there would've been just like a @frameworkcomputer - Style #Mainboard to shove a #CM5 into a #Framework13 or #Framework12 but alas, that's not it.