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fchickentoday at 3:54 AM1 replyview on HN

Not true. If you're on vacation looking to ski for 3 days, you're right in the crosshairs of the ski resort's price model, and you're not getting around it.

I also don't see how the product is superior to what was offered prior


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smelendeztoday at 4:04 AM

This is an issue with all kinds of products and services, from residential university education to cars to restaurant food.

Expensive options with lots of extras that not everybody wants—and some may actively dislike—replace broadly affordable options with fewer bells and whistles. Everyone is catering to the whales and, thanks in part to our robust lending industries, trying to convince the minnows that they can be a whale too.

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