ZippyBiscuit
ZippyBiscuit
25mo
by
Student

Low battery - Surge pricing

Guys is this real? If the battery charge decreases the price increases. I was trying to book flights( I was in a hurry) , and at the moment the charge was below 20, prices were jumping. But the moment I plugged it in the power Bank the price decreased. (👀 Anyone from goib3bo can answer)

25mo ago
JumpyHamster
JumpyHamster

This is called hyper optimisation, creates bad experience for customer. Once should avoid these

SillyDonut
SillyDonut
25mo

Yeah...it's highly unethical

ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
25mo

This is news to me! Something new I learned today

FluffyWalrus
FluffyWalrus

I was pointing out to a friend how prices for cabs on ios are sometimes around 5-10% higher than that on an android phone. He laughed it off.

ZippyBiscuit
ZippyBiscuit
Student
25mo

It seems ifone tax is real

FluffyNugget
FluffyNugget
25mo

Wow haven’t noticed this before. Now will keep this in mind. But this is very predatory practice. Give 1 star review or tweet abt it.

SillyDonut
SillyDonut
25mo

Yeah...same holds true for ola n uber also.

In layman it's said kangali me aata geela hona, ceos took this as an opportunity

TwirlyLlama
TwirlyLlama

It is reported in many places which have dynamic pricing My guess is it is AI behind it , it is just given some data and battery level is one of them , where the data shows that people with low battery have into a higher price and model just gets trained on it. It it is done on purpose a 👿 mind behind it 😀 A dark pattern for sure

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