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Manuel_Dtoday at 7:32 AM1 replyview on HN

If we're including promotions or membership discounts, then coupons fit this definition of price discrimination. And those have existed since the 90s at least.


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Dylan16807today at 10:21 AM

The problems show up when different people don't have access to the same coupons published by the store. Most coupons are fine.

They haven't had the ability to do the significantly bad kinds of targeting until recently. This is a new problem even if it's similar to old practices at the surface level.