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Re:How Facebook and Google could disrupt the subscription mo... by scep12 on Monday February 20, 2017 @08:31PM (#13692510)
The TL;DR is that a tech company with enough information about its users could charge them "dynamically" based on what it thinks they would pay for news.

Should books/music/movies/tv cost more to those who can afford to pay more as well?

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Re:How Facebook and Google could disrupt the subscription mo... by matt4077 on Monday February 20, 2017 @09:58PM (#13692889)
Airlines are notorious for this. One-day return? Business traveller! Hit him! Searching flights on a Saturday afternoon? Private travel – let's discount. High-DPI display? Did someone say "discount"? I meant "this counts" – as a good reason to raise your prices.
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Re:How Facebook and Google could disrupt the subscription mo... by Grimes23 on Monday February 20, 2017 @08:57PM (#13692604)
Don't companies already do this? The price for a copy of cs:go costs different amounts in each country

https://steamdb.info/sub/54029/

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Re:How Facebook and Google could disrupt the subscription mo... by JustSomeNobody on Monday February 20, 2017 @09:44PM (#13692835)
I recall reading a forum post some years ago where a few people had talked about the price of a product being different for the guy on the mac (>$) than the guy on windows.

So, it's not completely unheard of I suppose.

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Re:How Facebook and Google could disrupt the subscription mo... by vasaulys on Monday February 20, 2017 @08:40PM (#13692541)
An interesting business idea if not a depressing future.

Doesn't Amazon do this in a way? I've seen prices for kindle books change depending on if I'm logged in or not, and not always in my favor.

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