Washington Post notifies subscribers their rates are set to increase, explaining the price rise“was set by an algorithm using your personal data.”

[clueax@infosec.exchange]

@darryl_ramm @mattblaze @newsguyusa the instructions were unclear and the fan was right there.

[pizzademon@mastodon.online]

@mattblaze @newsguyusa Sooo, if I have a hot dog stand without a posted price list and Bezos orders one with onions, can I charge him $10,000,000.00 ?
Then sue when he balks? I already handed it to him, I can't sell it to anyone else. It's a fair price based on his data.

[faduda@mastodon.ie]

@newsguyusa

Cue another wave of cancellations.

[cstamp@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa it makes print look more appealing.

[markzero@c.im]

@newsguyusa I don't like this idea for a national paper, but I have to admit a lower price for out-of-state subscribers of a smaller paper would be appealing. (Of course, that's still not at the *personal* level.)

I wonder what @jeffjarvis thinks?

[gonzalo@neopaquita.es]

@newsguyusa it seems that taxes should work based on the same principle: the more money you’ve got, the more you pay.

[nomdeb@mstdn.social]

@newsguyusa I don't see this for "supposed" national newspapers, but then again, WaPo ended their position as a serious news organization some time ago. I certainly do not intend to subscribe again ever - unless they have a change in ownership and management and a big mea culpa and a promise to be fearless and truthful. Not holding my breath.

[djohngo@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa Gotta cancel that sub!

[millsy666@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa there it is, China's social credit system in action. As soon as china started that system, our overlords started working on making it global

[yunchtime@wandering.shop]

@newsguyusa

good opportunity to tell Jeff Bezos to take a flying fuck! cancel.

[kevinflynn@c.im]

@newsguyusa
I applied my own algorithm based on how valuable WaPo is to me this year, and the value has gone down. Since we can't agree, bye

[tjc_2@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa
Maybe my algorithm shows how much I despise the WAPO. Guess my non -existent rates will skyrocket now, eh?

[donhawkins@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa @AnnaAnthro The #price of a #subscription should be going down since #Bozo fired so many #journalists.

It’s a lesser product than it was before.

Bozo #Bezos wants to charge more for less? WTF?

Hard pass. I’m going with the #SeattleTimes instead.

[kanamauna@sauropods.win]

@newsguyusa Dude, we know what you want. Just shut it down and stop these silly games.

[powerfromspace1@mstdn.social]

@newsguyusa WAPO

[huntingdon@mstdn.social]

@newsguyusa

Another good reason to stop reading the WaPoop. Changing the terms of service at will, charging individually-priced subscription fees based on a fucking algorithm? Fuck Jeff Bezos and the clowns still working for the WaPoop.

[huggydude@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa Boy, I am not sorry that I cancelled my subscription.... if this is traditional media we are all in a sorry place for sure!

[kanamauna@sauropods.win]

@newsguyusa

This raises an ugly question: If vendors are allowed to set prices according to opaque decisions based on "your personal data", how do we know this isn't just a cover for some type of discrimination (racial, religious, sexual, etc.)?

[roadskater@mastodon.social]

@newsguyusa People responding to this need to step back with their snark and ask, "What data does WaPo have about their readers and how did they obtain it?" Is it basic stuff, like "let's charge subscribers in Bethesda more because they can afford it" or have they gone full evil with "we matched up your WaPo and Amazon accounts, and, hoo boy, we're gonna charge you up the whazoo"?

[nicolaottomano@mastodon.uno]

@newsguyusa
Even if they doubled my subscription, it would not matter for me. They are still 0$!