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===Price gouging individual or specific consumer groups===

With specific apps that you buy stuff from may collect your data without your consent. This allows companies to charge more for the same items that you may buy again later on. These apps likely also share this type of purchase history with other providers that share similar products for profit.

With specific apps that you buy stuff from may collect your data without your consent. This allows companies to charge more for the same items that you may buy again later on. These apps likely also share this type of purchase history with other providers that share similar products for profit.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Forbes |title=Are Airlines Spying On You- The Hidden Costs of Surveillance Pricing and How To Avoid Them |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/advisor/2024/12/09/are-airlines-spying-on-you-the-hidden-costs-of-surveillance-pricing-and-how-to-avoid-them/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250927110156/https://www.forbes.com/sites/advisor/2024/12/09/are-airlines-spying-on-you-the-hidden-costs-of-surveillance-pricing-and-how-to-avoid-them/ |archive-date=27 Sep 2025}}</ref>

===Targeted smart pricing with AI===

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==Examples==

[[Walmart]] & Kroger plans of using smart pricing or "surge pricing"<ref name="WalmartSurge">[https://www.dailydot.com/news/walmart-surge-pricing/ Walmart Surge Pricing]</ref> on its in-person retail products. Walmart denies this claim.<ref name="WalmartLabels">[https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/walmart-is-replacing-its-price-labels-with-digital-screens-but-the-company-swears-it-won-t-use-it-for-surge-pricing Walmart Denies Surge Pricing]</ref>

[[Cloudflare]] charging you higher rates for the same plan as other users.

* [[Walmart]] & Kroger plans of using smart pricing or "surge pricing"<ref>{{Cite web |author=DailyDot |title=Walmart Surge Pricing |url=https://www.dailydot.com/news/walmart-surge-pricing/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251203094358/https://www.dailydot.com/news/walmart-surge-pricing/ |archive-date=3 Dec 2025}}</ref> on its in-person retail products. Walmart denies this claim.<ref>{{Cite web |author=MSN |title=Walmart Is Replacing Its Price Labels with Digital Screens But the Company Swears It Won't Use It For Surge Prcing |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/walmart-is-replacing-its-price-labels-with-digital-screens-but-the-company-swears-it-won-t-use-it-for-surge-pricing }}</ref>

* [[Cloudflare]] charging you higher rates for the same plan as other users.

* [[Doordash]] charging users hidden fees based on how they use the app and what device they were ordering from.

~~[[Doordash]] charging users hidden fees based on how they use the app and what device they were ordering from.~~

==Further reading==

~~== Further reading ==~~

*[[Financial censorship]]

*[[Price fixing]]

*[[Whaling (gaming industry term)]]

* [~~[Financial censorship]~~]

== External links ==

* [https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/twiddler/ "Twiddler. Configurability for Me, But Not For Thee."]

==References==

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 ===Price gouging individual or specific consumer groups===
-With specific apps that you buy stuff from may collect your data without your consent. This allows companies to charge more for the same items that you may buy again later on. These apps likely also share this type of purchase history with other providers that share similar products for profit.
+With specific apps that you buy stuff from may collect your data without your consent. This allows companies to charge more for the same items that you may buy again later on. These apps likely also share this type of purchase history with other providers that share similar products for profit.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Forbes |title=Are Airlines Spying On You- The Hidden Costs of Surveillance Pricing and How To Avoid Them |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/advisor/2024/12/09/are-airlines-spying-on-you-the-hidden-costs-of-surveillance-pricing-and-how-to-avoid-them/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250927110156/https://www.forbes.com/sites/advisor/2024/12/09/are-airlines-spying-on-you-the-hidden-costs-of-surveillance-pricing-and-how-to-avoid-them/ |archive-date=27 Sep 2025}}</ref>
 ===Targeted smart pricing with AI===
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 ==Examples==
-[[Walmart]] & Kroger plans of using smart pricing or "surge pricing"<ref name="WalmartSurge">[https://www.dailydot.com/news/walmart-surge-pricing/ Walmart Surge Pricing]</ref> on its in-person retail products.  Walmart denies this claim.<ref name="WalmartLabels">[https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/walmart-is-replacing-its-price-labels-with-digital-screens-but-the-company-swears-it-won-t-use-it-for-surge-pricing Walmart Denies Surge Pricing]</ref>
-[[Cloudflare]] charging you higher rates for the same plan as other users.
+* [[Walmart]] & Kroger plans of using smart pricing or "surge pricing"<ref>{{Cite web |author=DailyDot |title=Walmart Surge Pricing |url=https://www.dailydot.com/news/walmart-surge-pricing/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251203094358/https://www.dailydot.com/news/walmart-surge-pricing/ |archive-date=3 Dec 2025}}</ref> on its in-person retail products.  Walmart denies this claim.<ref>{{Cite web |author=MSN |title=Walmart Is Replacing Its Price Labels with Digital Screens But the Company Swears It Won't Use It For Surge Prcing |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/walmart-is-replacing-its-price-labels-with-digital-screens-but-the-company-swears-it-won-t-use-it-for-surge-pricing }}</ref>
+* [[Cloudflare]] charging you higher rates for the same plan as other users.
+* [[Doordash]] charging users hidden fees based on how they use the app and what device they were ordering from.
-[[Doordash]] charging users hidden fees based on how they use the app and what device they were ordering from.
+==Further reading==
-== Further reading ==
+*[[Financial censorship]]
+*[[Price fixing]]
+*[[Whaling (gaming industry term)]]
-* [[Financial censorship]]
+== External links ==
+* [https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/twiddler/ "Twiddler. Configurability for Me, But Not For Thee."]
 ==References==