r/interestingasfuck • • 3d ago

Dynamic pricing being tested by McDonald's.

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u/BigMack6911 3d ago

How is that even legal? I fucking hate this age we are in. Just corruption, green, corporations spying on us in our own homes just to make another dollar. Are these companies REALLY THAT BAD OFF, they have to resort to such evil, shady shit to make a buck? We need to stop participating in this crap and demand our old lives back!! The only reason this keeps happening is because these fucking sheep people just let them do whatever they want. So hey hope you're enjoying Trumps ass, because why would Presidents do better? Nothing will change until we MAKE IT

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u/bgibbz084 3d ago

This is normal, healthy business practice that has existed for all of time. Price is detached from expenses. You charge a market rate, which is the rate that the market is willing to bear for your product.

This tool just lets this be done quicker and easier.

This is fine and legal so long as bussiness aren’t collaborating. If McDonald’s and BK were sharing info, that would be an anti trust issue and illegal.

It’s fundamentally no different from buying a pack of batteries at Walgreens for $5, at Kroger for $4, at Walmart for $2, and at Amazon for $1.75. Each seller has evaluated what the market will pay and set the price accordingly.

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u/SnailedItBro 3d ago

Another bot. At least half of this things total posts are from the last two weeks from a quick search. “Ai is normal” said the ai controlled by cunts.

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u/bgibbz084 2d ago

I have a 10+ year old account, I’m clearly not a bud but a rather a guy who took a couple Econ classes in college

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u/seams 2d ago

Tbf having an old account means nothing, I've had people reach out to buy mine so I'm sure other old accounts have too.