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How to Beat Surveillance Pricing Before It Bleeds You Dry
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Consumer advocate Lindsay Owen’s book Gouged investigates how corporations utilize algorithmic software and surveillance pricing to maximize profit margins. The text details how opaque technological systems enable dynamic, individualized price increases for consumers.
- 01Corporate entities employ automated software to facilitate real-time dynamic pricing strategies
- 02Surveillance pricing models leverage data to maximize revenue extraction from individual consumers
- 03Algorithmic pricing systems operate with limited transparency to influence consumer spending behavior
- 04The publication analyzes the systemic shift toward automated price manipulation in modern commerce
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Consumer advocate Lindsay Owen’s new book, Gouged, traces how corporations use software—from ever-changing prices to opaque algorithms—to squeeze every penny from you.