[pdkl95]

> all the people that this would affect negatively ... have the power to prevent it

This is based on the incorrect assumption that the people being gouged by variable pricing are rich (or at least "not poor").

> (as OC described)

The OC's pricing - like his patently incorrect view of teacher income - isn't based on reality. Being poor is very expensive[1][2]. The entire point of this new wave of price discrimination is to use modern data analysis to minimax how much each individual can be gouged. This is always regressive, because the poor do not have the same ability to shop around for better deals, buy in bulk, and other money-saving techniques that require up-front investment of time and/or money.

[1] https://www.huffingtonpost.com/lauren-greutman/why-being-poo...

[2] https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21663262-why-lo...

[epicide]

I completely agree with everything you've said.

My point was that the OC's scenario couldn't happen because, if it were even on the table, they would prevent it from happening.