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Re:Target’s gig workers will strike to protest switch to alg... by Wowfunhappy on Sunday July 12, 2020 @07:39PM (#23815672)
It's a very weird form of price discrimination though, because the service you receive doesn't change depending on how much you tip.

The economic choice for the customer is, how much do they value their money versus not being an asshole...

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Re:Target’s gig workers will strike to protest switch to alg... by rayiner on Sunday July 12, 2020 @08:17PM (#23815868)
Pay what you want can be seen as a form of price discrimination: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S22148....
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Re:Target’s gig workers will strike to protest switch to alg... by tptacek on Monday July 13, 2020 @07:31PM (#23826871)
That's the point: the offering changes are marginal (you get some extra storage space on your phone; you get PX status at the restaurant) but wealthy patrons will behave differently than price-sensitive patrons, and you want to extract the maximum value from both market segments.
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