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Mario Zechner discovers anti-competitive illegal grocery pricing practices in Austria (mastodon.gamedev.place)
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Via siderea | The Austrian Grocery Price Comparison Website Story [tech, law, Austria]:

The following is magnificent, and I commend it to you.

Over on Mastodon, programmer Mario Zechner gives a first person account of how his exasperation with his government's (Austria) corruption and ineptitude led to him preempting a government web development boondoggle, and subsequently unearthing a whole world of anti-competitive illegal grocery pricing and precipitating federal antitrust action. A heartwarming story of screenscraping, data science, and international amity.

2023 Sept 15: Mario Zechner [personal profile] [email protected] : https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@badlogic/111071396799790275

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[–] Quacksalber 9 points 1 year ago

Just goes to show that you can never trust anything to continue on on its own. If you don't check for nefarious dealings, you can be sure that nefarious dealings are going on.