• interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml
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    11 days ago

    I got some temu stuff. A 7$ bag heat sealer. Works perfectly fine.

    However, I do not abide surveillance pricing. I can defeat the surveillance pricing but the procedure annoys me, so I’ve gone back to aliexpress which is easier to defeat.

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      11 days ago

      What is surveillance pricing? Are they like using cookies to subtley raise the price on thing you’re searching for?

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        10 days ago

        Things like using surveillance to figure out when your payday is and raising prices (just for you, and just on that day) because you psychologically are more willing to spend in that moment

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            10 days ago

            Because we live in a capitalist hellscape and the companies that implemented these tricks were the fastest growing segment of our economy for like 15 years (esp after the 2008 crash) so the government turned a blind eye. Now they control the world and are able to literally buy politicians

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              10 days ago

              I’ve heard that if we vote, all these problems will go away. But every time I vote, there’s never an option on the ballets for “Guillotines”