Uber said it does not set ride prices based on a user's phone model, shortly after an Indian government body alleged that the ride-hailing giant and its domestic rival Ola use differential pricing for Android and Apple phones.
There is no bottom in how depraved capitalism will go to extract value and maximise profits… any company that takes the moral high-ground is at disadvantage because morality/ethics are expensive, and crime pays.
This is the most horrifying, bloodlust-inducing, depressing and dreadfully dystopian thing I’ve read this morning and I’ve already scrolled for 20 minutes! 10/10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
I mean yeah but the concept if done even remotely correctly is still terrifying? If I tell you I am going to kill you with a laser gun, just because I might be lying about the laser part doesn’t mean it’s not concerning.
According to new lending startups, your social media activity and how low you let your phone battery get can be read as signs of creditworthiness, making loans available to those who may not have qualified otherwise
Yet the article discusses none of this. Just vague “data points”.
This sounds like discrimination based on “algorithms” but one that is legal.
That’s a new one!
There is no bottom in how depraved capitalism will go to extract value and maximise profits… any company that takes the moral high-ground is at disadvantage because morality/ethics are expensive, and crime pays.
Some companies check how you keep your phone charged as an indicator of your trustworthiness for loans and credit
You win the internet today 🥇
This is the most horrifying, bloodlust-inducing, depressing and dreadfully dystopian thing I’ve read this morning and I’ve already scrolled for 20 minutes! 10/10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Careful, they’ll do emojis next.
Ah, calm down, that’s just some marketing speak bullshit some startups use to scam bigger corpos out of money.
I mean yeah but the concept if done even remotely correctly is still terrifying? If I tell you I am going to kill you with a laser gun, just because I might be lying about the laser part doesn’t mean it’s not concerning.
Yet the article discusses none of this. Just vague “data points”.
This sounds like discrimination based on “algorithms” but one that is legal.
Whaaaat?! I thought the only consequnce of having low battery life on your phone was people telling you to charge it!