https://www.thedrum.com/news/2023/11/24/could-anti-consumerist-brand-campaigns-put-end-black-friday
She’s tried most things. Apps that limited time on the sites. Ad blockers. Even putting her phone in one of those locked boxes with a timer. She’d even tried meditation. No good. And this time of year was the worst of course. And the algorithms knew it. Dynamic pricing and personalised design meant the prices didn’t so much beckon as leap from the screen, filling her vision. She saw them even before she saw what the thing was. The color, the siren call of the percentage sign. She put on the Black (Friday) glasses and the felt the prices rise.