▲ 444 ▼ The FTC is cracking down on companies that charge you a "personalized price" (www.techspot.com) submitted 2 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 31 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 31 points 2 months ago (6 children) That should be super illegal. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (4 children) No. It is super illegal but didn't you know that as long as you tape a sign that says "digital" or equivalent on an illegal thing, is suddenly a new thing and can't be handled with the current rules. Everyone knows that! It's why we have illegal taxis, hotels, and spy networks all in the palm of your hand. Isn't the future great? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] beeoproblem@mastodon.gamedev.place 1 point 2 months ago* @chuckleslord @RedGreenBlue not a bad scam considering back in the 90s and 00s a ton of garbage patents were granted for "(obvious established real-world thing) but on a computer" leading to a bunch of blatantly fraudulent lawsuits that some Texas dumbasses said were valid coughbecausetheywerepaidoffcough for some reasonFolks making and enforcing laws are amazingly vulnerable to fundamentally meaningless semantics when there's money to be made permalink fedilink source parent [–] Unixbigot@aus.social 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) @chuckleslord @RedGreenBlue @SallyStrange “New startup Fraudr aims to disrupt the marketplace for false advertising” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] darkling@mstdn.social 1 point 2 months ago @Unixbigot @chuckleslord @RedGreenBlue @SallyStrange Oddly enough, this service doesn't actually manage to do what it claims in its advertising. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Niall@mastodon.nz 1 point 2 months ago @chuckleslord @RedGreenBlue the future might be great, it's the present that's worrying me. Oh, and the future, that's a worry too. permalink fedilink source parent [–] suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Should be, but it's not. It's discrimination, but discrimination is perfectly legal as long as it's not done on the basis of one of the handful of protected classes (race, sex, religion, etc.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (4 children) No. It is super illegal but didn't you know that as long as you tape a sign that says "digital" or equivalent on an illegal thing, is suddenly a new thing and can't be handled with the current rules. Everyone knows that! It's why we have illegal taxis, hotels, and spy networks all in the palm of your hand. Isn't the future great? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] beeoproblem@mastodon.gamedev.place 1 point 2 months ago* @chuckleslord @RedGreenBlue not a bad scam considering back in the 90s and 00s a ton of garbage patents were granted for "(obvious established real-world thing) but on a computer" leading to a bunch of blatantly fraudulent lawsuits that some Texas dumbasses said were valid coughbecausetheywerepaidoffcough for some reasonFolks making and enforcing laws are amazingly vulnerable to fundamentally meaningless semantics when there's money to be made permalink fedilink source parent [–] Unixbigot@aus.social 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) @chuckleslord @RedGreenBlue @SallyStrange “New startup Fraudr aims to disrupt the marketplace for false advertising” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] darkling@mstdn.social 1 point 2 months ago @Unixbigot @chuckleslord @RedGreenBlue @SallyStrange Oddly enough, this service doesn't actually manage to do what it claims in its advertising. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Niall@mastodon.nz 1 point 2 months ago @chuckleslord @RedGreenBlue the future might be great, it's the present that's worrying me. Oh, and the future, that's a worry too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] beeoproblem@mastodon.gamedev.place 1 point 2 months ago* @chuckleslord @RedGreenBlue not a bad scam considering back in the 90s and 00s a ton of garbage patents were granted for "(obvious established real-world thing) but on a computer" leading to a bunch of blatantly fraudulent lawsuits that some Texas dumbasses said were valid coughbecausetheywerepaidoffcough for some reasonFolks making and enforcing laws are amazingly vulnerable to fundamentally meaningless semantics when there's money to be made permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Unixbigot@aus.social 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) @chuckleslord @RedGreenBlue @SallyStrange “New startup Fraudr aims to disrupt the marketplace for false advertising” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] darkling@mstdn.social 1 point 2 months ago @Unixbigot @chuckleslord @RedGreenBlue @SallyStrange Oddly enough, this service doesn't actually manage to do what it claims in its advertising. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] darkling@mstdn.social 1 point 2 months ago @Unixbigot @chuckleslord @RedGreenBlue @SallyStrange Oddly enough, this service doesn't actually manage to do what it claims in its advertising. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Niall@mastodon.nz 1 point 2 months ago @chuckleslord @RedGreenBlue the future might be great, it's the present that's worrying me. Oh, and the future, that's a worry too. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Should be, but it's not. It's discrimination, but discrimination is perfectly legal as long as it's not done on the basis of one of the handful of protected classes (race, sex, religion, etc.) permalink fedilink source parent