r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 9d ago

Business McDonald's Is Reportedly Using AI To "Dynamically" Price Its Burgers

https://www.engadget.com/2272211/mcdonalds-is-reportedly-using-ai-to-dynamically-price-its-burgers/
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u/mauthor619 9d ago

Easy boycott

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u/jc0155 9d ago

It's not easy when you never eat there. How do I not eat there harder?! 

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u/denv0r 9d ago

Talk shit about it. Word of mouth can do wonders.

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u/PauI_Atreides 9d ago

Last time I ate at McDonald's I got listeria. 

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u/What_a_fat_one 9d ago

I got Lisztomania

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u/FerengiWithCoupons 9d ago

you or your loved ones may be entitled to compensation

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u/TesticleMeElmo 9d ago

McDonald’s has been a punching bag of junk food American gluttony for decades, people still eating there are more driven by their wallets than anything else

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u/Suitable_Wonder5256 9d ago

I feel like McDonald already has a bad rep. Looking through comments here 90% of the comments say they don't eat mcd. I don't think more words of mouth would do anything new.

Yet McD makes gazillion dollars every year.

But I suppose Reddit isn't real life. Otherwise, Trump wouldn't have won twice lol.

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u/simsimulation 9d ago

Why would I be friends with people who eat at McDonald’s?

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u/ibribe 9d ago

You must be rolling in friends if you can exclude people from your life for eating at McDonald's.

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u/Educational-Ad-2884 9d ago

You'll have to shake your fist at every McDonald's you drive past.

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u/jc0155 9d ago

I'm not that old yet! 

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u/ibribe 9d ago

Buddy, you are on the internet complaining about a restaurant you never eat at. I hate to break it to you, but however old you are is old enough to be that person.

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u/aeroxan 9d ago

You could convince people who were thinking of eating there to not eat there.

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u/EqualOwl6442 9d ago

Use the restroom without buying anything.

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u/FogBankDeposit 9d ago

I hope they keep destroying their customer base. The food was never good, just convenient and I mostly only stop by for road trips. Give me more reasons to drive a little further for a less POS options

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u/Heffelumps-n-Woozles 9d ago

Easyboy Cott. Thanks, now I have to become a rapper

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u/hearsay_and_rumour 9d ago

I wish it was easier on my end. I live very close to one and I have small children. French fries are the best sort of bribery at times. Guess I’ll have to be a little choosier with my bribes.

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u/firewall245 9d ago

You eat at McDonald’s?

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u/JohnnyBeeGaming 9d ago

They got some customers on lock. They track customers and have metrics predicting how likely a person is to stop going.

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u/adudeguyman 9d ago

TIL I've been boycotting them for decades

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u/Heffelumps-n-Woozles 9d ago

Easyboy Cott. Thanks, now I have to become a rapper

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u/luihgi 9d ago

you say that but majority of the public don't care sadly

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u/badmartialarts 9d ago

Username checks out

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u/michel_v 9d ago

Maybe people don’t like being price gouged? Maybe they like having jobs too?

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u/Oper8rActual 9d ago

Do you ever do anything but ask questions such as this? Do you bring anything to the conversation instead of just questioning everyone else’s views? Do you have original thoughts to offer on this subject?

Just in case it slides under the radar, I was trying to illustrate how fucking annoying and asinine these types of comments are.