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Dynamic pricing could be coming to your local supermarket (www.abc.net.au)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 84 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I will institute my own "dynamic pricing" scheme if this ever happens

[–] Thatuserguy@lemmy.world 37 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Is it really dynamic if the price is always "free"?

[–] Winter_Oven@piefed.social 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

surely negative numbers are in the cards? since we deserve the compensation for all the trouble

[–] philanthropicoctopus@thelemmy.club 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wait for all the codeberg projects tryna break these things

[–] NannerBanner@literature.cafe 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Finally, a practical reason to have a flipper zero or similar.

[–] philanthropicoctopus@thelemmy.club 2 points 3 weeks ago

Haha, that's a perfect application for an otherwise almost useless (but incredible) device

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago

If the price changes for them specifically, yes. That's the entire concept they're pushing here.

[–] philanthropicoctopus@thelemmy.club 10 points 3 weeks ago

Its much easier than you'd think.

[–] GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I don't know what you're talking about, I'm obviously not gonna steal anything. Sure, accidents happen from time to time. The supermarket decided to replace their cashiers with self checkout operated by random non-employees, after all. If I happen to ring up filet mignon as a Roma tomato, I think that's just the inevitable result of outsourcing your labor to untrained civilians with no incentive to accurately do the job .

[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

Self checkout is only a valid option if you are stealing. No, I'm not going to do your job to increase your profits by having less employees. Fuck those things.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

This reminds me of Bill Burr's bit on the subject… "Twenty years, I thought I was a standup comedian. Now apparently I'm moonlighting as a fucking bag boy."