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Posted by yellowcat (U218155) on Monday, 18th February 2013
Last September, Google received a patent on technology that lets a company dynamically price electronic content.
For instance, it can push the base price of an e-book up if it determines you are more likely to buy that particular item than an average user; conversely, it can adjust the price down as an incentive if you are judged less likely to purchase. And you won't even know you are paying more than others for the exact same item.
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Posted by The Vintneres Driver (U5034590) on Monday, 18th February 2013
I believe individual shopping sites do that, anyway. That's why you need to clear your cookies before you go back for a second look at some item you think you might purchase.
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Posted by The Vintneres Driver (U5034590) on Monday, 18th February 2013
Also a good reason not to join Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn, as they will all sell your details to traders. If you install the Collusion add-on if Firefox you get a visual indication of who's linked to whom. It is not a pretty picture.
If you install the Collusion add-on if Firefox you get a visual indication of who's linked to whom. It is not a pretty picture.Â
I was not aware of the Collusion add-on before.
I have now installed it.
Thank you.
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Posted by The Vintneres Driver (U5034590) on Monday, 18th February 2013
My pleasure, yc.
I don't know which search engine you use but, as you probably won't be surprised to learn, Google tends to be very much at the centre of the web. Not just as a result of search enquiries, either.
Having said that, I used to use Duckduckgo as my default search engine but since a general upgrade of my computers I've fallen back into using google again. I think I need to have a look a Collusion to frighten myself into using a less vulnerable engine.
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