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Price discrimination in moderation can be a good thing for business health and society. If a business can detect that a person can afford to pay more for the service, then that additional inflow effectively subsidizes the service for people who can only afford using the service at the cheapest rates.

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That only works if:

1. Profits are capped.

2. The company cannot gauge or drop service to non-profitable customers.

Neither applies.

1. Profits are inherently capped. I choose an upper bound of the value of everything on Earth.

2. Every private entity, in free market capitalism, has the right to refuse service to a customer if providing that service is not beneficial to said entity (bar some race, age, etc. issue). Are you making an argument to remove that right?

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