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Report: Amazon made $1B with secret algorithm for spiking prices Internet-wide (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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Report: Amazon made $1B with secret algorithm for spiking prices Internet-wide::Report reveals details about Amazon's secret algorithm redacted in FTC complaint.

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[–] Fyurion 97 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Better give them a 10 million dollar fine to teach them a lesson!

[–] lando55 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

10 million dollars is to $1B as a paperclip is to my entire net worth (admittedly not much)

[–] qaz 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So your net worth is 100 paperclips?

[–] lando55 9 points 1 year ago

Not since I had to pay the fine