Led by Delta, many airlines are now working with AI firms to expand the industry’s use of big data for price setting. Using new surveillance techniques, these firms exploit consumer privacy to set “personalized” prices to jack up fares.
    • 4_degrees@lemmy.world
      7·
      8 days ago

      It sure has been, but there’s was a time not terribly long ago when there were regulations and actual competition. All that’s gone now, so it’s not getting any better

  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
    5·
    8 days ago

    Living locally will become the new normal. The business fucks need to give up flying to a meeting and use the worldwide communications infrastructure. The airlines will then be rethinking their greed, I mean “business strategy”.

    • poVoq@slrpnk.net
      6·
      8 days ago

      The article explains that this will not affect prices in general, but specifically identify individuals that have no choice but to buy even at a higher price and charge them extra. It is unlikely to cause a drop in usage, as it only effects people that need to fly urgently for some reason.