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by ProblemExplorer14 hours ago |
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upvoteby qurren14 hours ago|
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> Initially they will try and block your chrome plugin and if they fail, then those $50 flights will just be gone from the website.

In which case the next step will be AI plugged into a full mouse and keyboard emulator set up that plugs into a USB port and HDMI to read the screen.

And if they try to block that, I would claim it to be an ADA violation because it would be an excellent product for blind people and repetitive strain injury people. Their lawyers will be shit scared when I expose that they're systematically charging disabled people with assistive devices $50 more.

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upvoteby yunwal14 hours ago|
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I think they're probably fine with this tbh. The goal is to make it expensive enough that it doesn't overwhelm their support, not to stop it entirely.
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upvoteby ProblemExplorer14 hours ago|
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> In which case the next step will be AI plugged into a full mouse and keyboard emulator set up that plugs into a USB port and HDMI to read the screen.

Sure but at that point you're noise and not going to affect the bottom line. Running an MCP server makes the feature available to millions of CharGPT/Claude/Cursor/etc customers.

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upvoteby Klathmon11 hours ago|
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Until blocking the "normal" way to use agents becomes common enough that someone starts selling an off the shelf "Agentic KVM" and then the arms race begins.
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upvoteby dwattttt14 hours ago|
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They listed their expected next step, if they fail to block agents booking them, they'll stop offering the cheapest flights.
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upvoteby pixl9714 hours ago|
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Good.

Fucking tickets are like playing some crazy lottery bullshit. Look from an iPhone. Prices go up. Look too many times, prices go up. Look on the wrong day prices go up.

How a single damned person on HN could root for the airlines is bonkers. They deserve nothing but contempt.

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upvoteby bombcar13 hours ago|
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Everyone on HN is richer than average, sexier than average, smarter than average, and better at getting flight deals than average.

It’s just statistics.

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upvoteby EGreg14 hours ago|
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Good luck with that :-D
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