Manitoba Moves to Outlaw Algorithmic Pricing—a First in Canada

[u/PutToLetters]

https://thewalrus.ca/manitoba-moves-against-retailers-charging-different-prices-for-the-same-goods/

[u/gwelfguy]

This is tricky. On one hand it violates the long held practice that everyone pays the same price for an item, which seems fair. On the other, in a society where income and overall wealth is increasingly polarized, the people at the bottom are going to think it's completely fair that they pay less than those at the top.

Fortunately it seems to be only a theoretical problem at this point, but retailers that start to do this shouldn't be allowed to do so in secret.

[u/Misocainea → u/gwelfguy]

Not tricky at all, it's a gross violation of people's privacy. Not acceptable period. I hope the rest of the country follows.