@jwildeboer Got my first accounts in 2018. But started using the Fediverse regularly only after Elon took over Twitter.

@Kraemer_HB
Coupons, bonus programs etc. are not directly connected to my "willingness to pay".

@coba mentioned "apple used to be more expensive because people buying apple products have more money." And this is how I understood this discussion: Should the company be allowed to differentiate the price based on the (perceived) willingness to pay of an individual.

@david_chisnall @coba @CStamp

@david_chisnall
Furthermore, I do not agree that price discrimination is bad per se ("predatory").

E.g. if you have only 10 seats left for a certain train connection, the uniform price per seat might be 150 EUR. For the train company it may be financially beneficial to sell 8 tickets at 150 and to keep two tickets unsold.

But they might have fulfilled more people's transportation needs by selling the remaining two tickets to someone who would afford only 100 EUR.

@Kraemer_HB @coba @CStamp

@david_chisnall
I know what you mean, but it's really not that economists do not view or analyse markets such as I was describing them. They would explain to you, that there is a demand curve that goes down with higher prices and a supply curve that goes up with increasing prices. The market price is at the intersection of the two. This is how e.g. the price of stock is found at the stock market.

@Kraemer_HB @coba @CStamp

@Kraemer_HB
No, not normally for endconsumers. We go to a supermarket and are all offered the exact same price. Similarly, phone and electricity companies publish their rate sheets and basically everyone gets the same price. Same goes for restaurants, bars, cafes.

@david_chisnall @coba @CStamp