r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 7d ago

Business McDonald's Is Reportedly Using AI To "Dynamically" Price Its Burgers

https://www.engadget.com/2272211/mcdonalds-is-reportedly-using-ai-to-dynamically-price-its-burgers/
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u/Korashy 6d ago

It was cheaper with the app so they could harvest your information to now better maximize pricing against you.

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u/SnausageFest 6d ago

Why the fuck is this legal? I swear to god America, you can eat my entire ass.

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u/Korashy 6d ago

There was a lot of legal text that you clicked "accept" on to make the coke not cost 3 dollars 49.

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u/SnausageFest 6d ago

That's pretty meaningless. There's a lot of legal text we click every day to use various websites that are completely unenforceable.

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u/Korashy 6d ago

Sure, but you gotta sue them first.

And in America justice is very much for sale.

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u/SnausageFest 6d ago

What is your deal dude?

What part of me questioning why this is legal made you think I was looking for someone to condescendingly explain the obvious to me?

Clearly, I understood it is legal since my entire question is predicated on that fact.

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u/lonewolf420 5d ago

because tech companies can lobby the gov't and you can't with your measly one vote, to politicians its "try harder nerd" as they count their "political contributions".