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What is wrong when walking into a web shop with disclosing how much money you earn and may be able to part with?

>>heisen+(OP)
It terrifies me that I'm actually unsure whether this comment is sarcastic.

>>smeej+j1
On HN Poe’s Law can always be assumed in the affirmative.

>>heisen+(OP)
Obviously this is awful, but I wanted to share some organizations could use that as a bad pattern:

"Oh, this area of $hot_social_media_site is for people earning ($user_salary * 1.4). But you can get access for just $10/month paid monthly or $9/month paid a year in advance! You don't want to be left out and lose the chance to network with higher earners, do you?!?"

>>smeej+j1
Rest assured it is sarcastic. It is terrifying because you start sensing what power shift that is. And it is not theoretical in the slightest, my wife starts complaining about dynamic pricing in web shops where she used to find deals at seasons end.

Or what is wrong with meeting politicians what have always a very good brief in their hands telling them what words have maximum impact on the small group before them? It seems to work looking at the increasing number of spineless chameleons.

>>heisen+kc7
I think for me it's terrifying because it sounds like the same line of reasoning as, "Why should I care about encryption? I don't have anything to hide," and people say (and mean) that a LOT.

So many people genuinely don't understand what would be wrong with this scenario, and that's why I'm afraid.