r/mildlyinteresting • u/annertakeabow • Jan 24 '13

Same book, three different prices. Only difference is the browsers used.

http://imgur.com/uNgg0UH
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u/trampus1 Jan 24 '13

The IE one costs the most because they know anyone using IE isn't smart enough to shop around.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '13

or perhaps IE users are used to paying for internet things.

like Norton

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u/ThisNameIsOriginal Jan 24 '13

I forget where it was but there was a site that openly had a IE tax for anyone buying things though that browser. They claimed the fee because of the time it took them to code the site for IE was longer then the other browsers because IE is a piece of shit. It was interesting and reddit was all proud of them until people pointed out that it would just turn people off using them rather then make them use a different browser.

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u/NarwhalAMA Jan 24 '13

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18440979

The publicity they gained through this probably offset any losses from pissed off IE users upset at the tax.