TIL you can get much better online prices using a public library computer

21 days ago by Jerry on PieFed to c/til

TIL that you can get much lower online prices if you use a local library computer. Another reason to hate retailers.

Lora Kelley took a trip to the New York Public Library for us and compared prices against a personal iPhone. The results? A box of Apple Cinnamon Cheerios and a pack of toilet paper were nearly 20% cheaper on the library desktop.

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0ndead 131 points 21 days ago

Clear your cookies people

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atomicbocks 98 points 21 days ago

That doesn’t help anymore. These days they use device identifiers and IP addresses and all kinds of stuff like that to see if you’re the same person or not. I would imagine that in this case going to your own laptop or desktop would result in the same prices.

If you really want to hide try a browser like the Mullvad browser that specifically resizes and changes things used for fingerprinting.

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