Seattle City Council votes to ban surveillance pricing in sale of groceries

What happened

Key facts

• Article URL: https://advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_release/seattle-city-council-votes-to-ban-surveillance-pricing-in-sale-of-groceries/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49816374 Points: 288 # Comments: 179…
• Reported by Hacker News and published Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:04:34 UTC.

Why it matters

Platform, chip and AI decisions set the terms other companies have to build on, so a single announcement here tends to ripple through products, supply chains and regulation.

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