Amazon reportedly used a secret algorithm to jack up prices
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The FTC’s public antitrust complaint redacted its Project Nessie section.

Amazon reportedly used a secret algorithm to jack up prices — A new report details Amazon’s Project Nessie pricing algorithm::Amazon deployed a secret algorithm to gauge how high it could raise prices before its competitors stopped increasing their prices as well.

    • UnD3Rgr0uNDCL0wN@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      IIRC they work for the US version but not the UK… or didnt seem to when I checked before. Assuming I’m thinking of the same site…

      • pirat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        The 3xCamel works for all these: UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Australia, Canada and US. Sometimes the prices differ for the same products across the EU country versions, so it can be worth comparing them before buying in/from EU.