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Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by smuhakg on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @08:16PM (#50461699)
I can barely afford to live because I'm competing with others for the same scarce supply of houses. I will use AI to try to get me refunds, fuck the company.
Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by Den_VR on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @08:34PM (#50461852)
“Good” schools are made up of their members. Good houses are largely a function of location, and community. Good groceries… I don’t know. Never knew this was an issue in the year 2026 outside of, like, North Korea.

But anyhow, you see the problem.

Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by skinfaxi on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @08:37PM (#50461880)
> Never knew this was an issue in the year 2026 outside of, like, North Korea.

Look up food deserts. I'm sure there are myriad issues you think exist only in North Korea.

Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by Den_VR on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @09:45PM (#50462424)
Blue Apron, instacart, hello fresh, etc. The logistical options boggle the mind, as long as one has enough money.
Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by SoftTalker on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @10:32PM (#50462725)
Likely cheaper than owning a car in a food desert though.
Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by Toynbeeidea on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @11:36PM (#50463117)
If one had enough money they wouldn't be living in a food desert.
Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by defmacr0 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @05:30AM (#50465362)
Food deserts are simply a consequence of grocery retailers avoiding locations that are unprofitable because of high shrinkage.
Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by mym1990 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @09:01PM (#50462084)
I honestly don’t see the point of this comment, it’s not even that coherent. Are you saying poor communities should just go conjure up some “location” benefits, or conjure up some money to get more nutritious food? Please expand.
Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by abletonlive on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @09:11PM (#50462178)
> it’s not even that coherent.

They are saying the biggest problem with poor communities is the people living in them. That seems true statistically no? Or at least, there's more data that supports that than the idea that there's magic soil in the rich communities

Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by mym1990 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @12:07AM (#50463280)
Maybe if you took one step farther out, you would see that the reasons some people and communities are poor are due to external factors. But go on, keep blaming all your problems on the individual poor people that obviously have something wrong with them.
Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by abletonlive on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:12AM (#50463654)
> But go on, keep blaming all your problems on the individual poor people that obviously have something wrong with them.

Well, I didn't say I had any problems so I'm not sure what you're even referencing here. Weird strawman

> you would see that the reasons some people and communities are poor are due to external factors.

Oh spare me. This is like reaching algebra and thinking you've reached the frontier of mathematics in 2026. As if nature vs nurture wasn't drilled into every prepubescent brain in even the worst school systems in the west.

Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by abletonlive on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @09:03PM (#50462112)
This comment doesn't even make sense. Nobody is stopping you from pricing your services however you want
Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by Zarathustra30 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @12:39AM (#50463475)
Humans need a minimum of about 1,200 calories a day. If a human prices their services too low, they won't be able to afford to eat and will die. If a human prices their services too high, they won't be able to afford to eat and will die.

You cannot price your services however you want.

Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by abletonlive on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:13AM (#50464398)
I know you think you said something interesting, but you really didn't. You can absolutely price your services however you want, and if you die pricing your services too high or low, well that was a silly thing to want.

That has nothing to do with what we are talking about though, and was not the point in the first place.

Re:United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on be... by bloppe on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @09:33PM (#50462359)
You have my deepest sympathies, but to be clear, I would genuinely prefer to live in a world where airline pricing was more transparent and fair, I just can't attribute the fact that I don't live in that world to greed on the part of airlines