#gouging — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #gouging, aggregated by home.social.
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From the Norwegian Consumer Council:
The Ensh*ttifcator
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Oh great, I realized today is #BellLetsTalk, or as I call it, Let’s all #bootlick a corporation that makes our #mentalhealth worse by price #gouging your phone bill day. I see less and less people support them every year and I can see why…
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Delta’s #AI #spying to “jack up” prices must be banned, lawmakers say
One week after #Delta announced it is expanding a test using #AtificialIntelligence to charge different prices based on customers' personal data—which critics fear could end cheap flights forever—#Democratic lawmakers have moved to ban what they consider #predatory #surveillance pricing
Reps. Greg Casar (D-Texas) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) announced the Stop AI Price #Gouging & Wage Fixing Act
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While Republicans are blaming Democrats for creating #inflation by pumping too much money into the economy through #social #welfare programs, The Wall Street Journal yesterday embraced the argument that a key factor in inflation has been #price #gouging by corporations.
A #WSJ piece by #Paul #Hannon noted that businesses are boosting their #profit #margins, confident that #consumers will blame supply chain issues and higher energy prices rather than the companies #padding their #profits.
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I ventured out today to replenish some items. One of the stops was at the local CVS to pick up some Pepcid Ac 50 capsules for my elderly neighbor. They cost $24, is it me, or is that an insane price? #Prices #overcounterdrugs #drugs #drugstores #economy #inflation #costofliving #gouging
