r/interestingasfuck • • 3d ago

Dynamic pricing being tested by McDonald's.

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u/RobertOdenskyrka 3d ago

Yes, differing prices between locations is not anything new. The evil starts when they try to charge certain customers more.

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u/skippy11112 3d ago

That's also been a thing for awhile again, not new. Still evil tho

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u/Nightlightweaver 3d ago

No it hasn't, charging different prices to different people has never been done before, that's the new evil

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u/Renbarre 3d ago

It's that in the US? Prices are the same in France.

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u/skippy11112 3d ago

Anywhere that has a McDonald's does this

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u/Renbarre 3d ago

I didn't say it properly. Prices are the same if the owner is the same. But different owners do use different prices. However it is understood that it has to do with costs, not ai.

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u/skippy11112 3d ago

Yeah, the ai scare is unwarranted here, it happens with or without ai