We know that companies use your browser fingerprint to track you, and charge you more money based on that. Since companies charge more money for certain “richer” fingerprints (Mac in Palo Alto $$$ vs Windows 7 in Zimbabwe $), is there a way to spoof the fingerprint that gives you the best prices?
I’ve been looking for a tool that does it, and I haven’t found anything like it so far. There has to be a way to do this though.
Best way to avoid this is to have a clean start to your browsing session whenever online shopping for things you suspect use dynamic pricing.
Other that that, I am not aware of any other ways to really mitigate or avoid this issue.
It seems to me that what you are really looking for is a price comparison website/app/extension that informs you on the best/cheapest prices for certain services. I know those services exist for flights and hotels, but I don’t know that they exist for digital services.
I am surprised that no one mentioned VPNs. Because location is another way people get targeted. I have never heard the term “surveillance pricing” before, but if Netflix and YouTube Premium are considerably more expensive in one country than another, doesn’t it qualify for surveillance pricing?
Funny you ask, I just read this blog that came out a couple days ago: Surveillance pricing: How your data determines what you pay | Proton VPN
The fact that this is even “a thing” just illustrates how our elected representatives have sold us out.