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Cashing in on the algorithm — It’s not just pubs toying with dynamic pricing. It’s already here in sectors ranging from public transport to ecommerce::Pub chain pours itself a full measureLast week, Britain’s largest pub group, Stonegate, declared that it would be charging 20p more per pint during peak hours at about 800 of its venues. The chain said the measures were necessary to offset increased costs on staffing and security. For some onlookers

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[-] SirDude@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Is this better than 12ft ladder? Just wondering.

[-] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 3 points 1 year ago

I have very limited experience with 12ft ladder, I tried it a couple times and never worked for the articles I wanted to read.

Archive.today has a very different way to bypass paywalls that makes it more effective: while 12ft ladder tries to pass as Google's crawler to see the article, Archive.today makes use of paying accounts credentials plus a botnet to avoid being blocked: https://gyrovague.com/2023/08/05/archive-today-on-the-trail-of-the-mysterious-guerrilla-archivist-of-the-internet/

[-] SirDude@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Much appreciated on the additional details. Thanks for that!

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