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by Lutger 677 days ago
I had the same thought. This is why:

- 'I created a similar website', so it compares to https://pricewatcher.gr/en/.

- a big part of the discussion is in the context of inflation and price gouging

- pricewatcher presents its data publicly for all consumers to see and use, it is clearly intended as a tool for consumers to combat price gouging strategies

- 'pricewatcher.gr is an independent site which is not endorsed by any shop', nothing suggests this website is making money off consumers

- the 'similar website' however is offering exclusive access to data to businesses, at a price, in order for those business to undercut the competition and become more profitable

So the goals are almost opposite. One is to help consumers combat price gouging of supermarkets, the other is to help supermarkets become (even) more profitable. It is similar in the sense that it is also scraping data, but it's not strange to think being similar would mean they would have the same goal, which they don't.