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[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

So, first of all:

One key issue is “seat spinning,” where bots initiate the booking process but do not complete payment - by hoarding inventory temporarily, they reduce availability and may create a false perception of scarcity, which can influence pricing algorithms.

Pretty sure any "reputable" flight company is already doing that. I am not sure any consumer can really get clear evidence though. They don't need bots for this, they just tell their booking portal to lie.

Moving on:

In some cases, bots resell the tickets they secure through “ticket scalping,” pushing genuine customers toward inflated prices or unavailable flights.

Reselling means people book flights via what, eBay? Is there a market for reselling flight tickets? Depending on the country involved, destination and so on these bookings require you to leave a name or even passport details.

I've stopped reading after this paragraph. Is this just an AI written article of made up issues?

[–] balder1991@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago

Yeah, these claims seem very vague. I’d like to see how all that works, with examples.

[–] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 6 points 18 hours ago

There's a reason cloudflare or other services are used to verify you're a human.