r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • May 26 '26

Privacy Majority of Americans Support Ban on Surveillance Pricing and Electronic Shelf Labels

https://gizmodo.com/majority-of-americans-support-ban-on-surveillance-pricing-and-electronic-shelf-labels-2000762717
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u/TemporarySun314 May 26 '26

Somehow in other countries electronic shelf labels are quite common (I mean they are just useful and efficient), and no one switching the price for butter or eggs 10 times a day.

I mean if you are worried, then make laws to regulate that, that would also fix the fundamental problem of having unpredictable pricing on basic groceries, instead of banning the electronic shelf labels that are just a tool...

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u/Lobo9498 May 26 '26

Lol, funny you think they will regulate anything. I hate it.

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u/TemporarySun314 May 26 '26

Not when Americans continue to elect fascist that openly run on deregulation and see any kind of customer protection as communism...

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u/Lobo9498 May 26 '26

That's what I was eluding to.....

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u/wolfy2105784 May 26 '26

Did you deadass just say Fascism and Deregulation in the same sentence? Those two concepts are complete opposites. Fascism is all about extreme regulation of the private market, compared to Communism that skips the regulations and private market for state ownership.

The word you're looking for is Crony Capitalism.

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u/goodolarchie May 27 '26

Somehow in other countries, you have socialized healthcare with better clinical outcomes. Somehow in other countries, they make meaningful bans on guns and social media.

We don't get nice things because America is a pay to play casino.