Joker@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoChinese immigrants in the U.S. are running Temu shipping centers out of their homesrestofworld.orgexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1286arrow-down15
arrow-up1281arrow-down1external-linkChinese immigrants in the U.S. are running Temu shipping centers out of their homesrestofworld.orgJoker@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareinterdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·11 hours agoI 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.
minus-squareSplashJackson@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 hours agoWhat is surveillance pricing? Are they like using cookies to subtley raise the price on thing you’re searching for?
minus-squareaeshna_cyanea@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 hours agoThings like using surveillance to figure out when your payday is and raising prices on that day because you psychologically are more willing to spend
minus-squareSplashJackson@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoThat’s fucked up. Why this legal?
minus-squaregamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoCookies and fingerprinting, yes
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·8 hours agoI took would like to know as well.
minus-squareCreeoyfred@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 hours agoAny tips on defeating aliexpress pricing? I stopped buying because everything was up so much.
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.
What is surveillance pricing? Are they like using cookies to subtley raise the price on thing you’re searching for?
Things like using surveillance to figure out when your payday is and raising prices on that day because you psychologically are more willing to spend
That’s fucked up. Why this legal?
Cookies and fingerprinting, yes
I took would like to know as well.
Any tips on defeating aliexpress pricing? I stopped buying because everything was up so much.