Dynamic mass theft.
Innovative exploitation.
Next-Generation sculduggery.
this post was submitted on 03 Mar 2026
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Ghettotax for individuals everywhere incoming...
It’s obviously shitty and exploitive anywhere, but this makes food desserts even more of an issue.
Scummy ass companies making life worse for everyone to line their pockets.
They wouldn’t even be in financial trouble, they would just be less rich.
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Fuckin called it - megacorporations are not to be trusted with digital freedom.
They already do this in Korea. I don't know if they are actually changing prices moment-to-moment, but they are using e-ink price tags that are impossible to distinguish from their printed, paper brethren. I saw one glitch out one day, and that was the only way I could tell. I mean, I guess I might be able to tell if I hunched down and inspected one closely, but it seriously looked identical to the same old printed ones at a glance.
My local store can not even get a reliable source of staple foods (the distributor often shorts them milk, meat or whatever), there is no way this:
A) Works
B) Is adopted by any non large store
C) Is accepted as anything but a hated cash grab
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Great, I have a very bad feeling about this, given the possible crisis of 2026.
Abandoned grocery carts full of food might also be coming to my local supermarket.
I've gotta wonder... How expensive are these little networked e-ink displays? Probably not super expensive, but they've gotta be more than a paper price tag. Definitely more of a hassle to replace when someone breaks them by running into them, accidentally snapping them off, etc...
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Looks like e-ink. A thumb tack taped to your thumb should take care of these pretty quick and inconspicuously. Especially if people generally agree this is stupid and should be shunned.
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Do cost accounting and play fair. Will we be doing this short-change shit forever?
Those e-ink tags have been around in the UK for some time.
The displays are not the problem
Them updating on a whim is
Already here in Canada.
I hate to be THAT GUY, but I have seen it used to discount stock close to expiry dates. It does not mean the prices always go up.