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Apple users get hit harder w/dynamic pricing. Could this be another carrot to get ppl on Tor? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org to c/tor

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Just heard a radio interview where a dynamic pricing expert said some online shops detect a Safari browser and assume Apple users have deeper pockets. The algo positions higher priced items to the top of the page and perhaps shows them higher prices as those on non-Apple platforms.

So of course I’m thinking: this is perhaps a good reason to get more folks using Tor. If you cannot sell the idea of privacy, maybe money savings would sway them.

Tor users are fucked by tor-hostility, but that marginalisation is only possible because we are a small demographic. We need to be a bigger demographic.

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[–] Carnelian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I understand the retail price of the phones. But I’m not talking about installment plans. Carriers have insane deals on phones (both android and iphone).

The iphone I’m using right now was old when I got it for free ($0). I just took a look at my carrier’s website and I can get another old one for free ($0) right at this very moment lol. It’s extremely common to see deals in the $50-300 range, too. Typically the only concession you make is you agree to stay on the same contract for a period of time, usually 2-3 years. But people don’t typically change carriers that much.

Dunno if other places have the same deals pop up, looking just at US offerings. To be fair we do get fleeced on our monthly phone bill anyway, so maybe that’s why they’re willing to ‘bait’ people in with the free phones. But generally speaking there isn’t really an income bracket beneath which people switch to android. Iphone has about 70% market share here, it’s extremely common even for people with food assistance to have iphones.

Again I know the phones in general are premium, just pointing out that access to the phones here is a relatively low bar. Androids have the same deals pop up too fwiw