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What are the odds this will also come with enough support to enforce it properly?
Hard to say. I think there is strong public opposition to this practice though, so if there it occurs I think the chance of it being reported is pretty high. There is of course more follow up work that needs to be done after that, but thats still promising
No doubt - I'd rather have a law like this on the books than not.
But I hate under-enforced laws that are so troublesome to seek justice for that most people don't bother.
I agree that laws that you can’t enforce sort of just clutter up our legal system. And there are some contexts where this law would be hard to enforce, specifically when it comes to online shopping. In that context people won’t see how much other people are getting charged, so they may not realize that algorithmic pricing is at play. And it’s hard to enforce a law violation when no one knows that it’s going on.
But when it comes to shopping in person, this law would be easier to enforce, since in that context it would depend on people downloading an app to “see” prices. And that seems like something that is very easy to spot and prevent. So at the very least this law will be effective at preventing algorithmic pricing from creeping into physical stores.