LengAwaits@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 months agoConsumer, we have detected that you are above the poverty line. The 99¢ price printed on this Arizona tea can only applies to those below the poverty line. Your total comes to $3.67.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1imageConsumer, we have detected that you are above the poverty line. The 99¢ price printed on this Arizona tea can only applies to those below the poverty line. Your total comes to $3.67.lemmy.worldLengAwaits@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squarevolodya_ilich@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoBecause they can pay 10 million to a consulting firm to develop a customer-profiling model that predicts their income based on the most recent purchases with a 10% margin of error.
minus-squareRealitaetsverlust@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoYou’d probably be surprised and scared if you knew what companies know about you.
How do they know what my income is?
Because they can pay 10 million to a consulting firm to develop a customer-profiling model that predicts their income based on the most recent purchases with a 10% margin of error.
You’d probably be surprised and scared if you knew what companies know about you.