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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/48123523

https://fortune.com/2025/07/16/delta-moves-toward-eliminating-set-prices-in-favor-of-ai-that-determines-how-much-you-personally-will-pay

Delta has a long-term strategy to boost its profitability by moving away from set fares and toward individualized pricing using AI. The pilot program, which uses AI for 3% of fares, has so far been “amazingly favorable,” the airline said. Privacy advocates fear this will lead to price-gouging, with one consumer advocate comparing the tactic to “hacking our brains.”

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[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

That is insane sophistry to justify criminal exploitation through dishonest scales in a market. If you cannot sell an honest transparent product you are a criminal. I do not bargain with sales twats in any space. Those are for emotional nonsense when people need to feel better about themselves.

Exploiting me though the sale of any part of me, including my digital presence at any point in time, is digital slavery of the 21st century. This system is an attempt to manipulate and exploit me. Such criminal behavior is turgid dystopianism. I wish all involved a long and painful bankruptcy.