[HN Gopher] Got charged PS15 "technology fee" by cab hailing app...
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       Got charged PS15 "technology fee" by cab hailing app because it
       uses algorithms
        
       Author : parisk
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2022-02-14 21:42 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (stateofprogress.blog)
 (TXT) w3m dump (stateofprogress.blog)
        
       | londons_explore wrote:
       | This particular charge is to try to maintain the illusion that
       | you are directly transacting with the driver personally, and
       | _separately_ are paying the app for connecting the two of you.
       | 
       | That way of looking at it weighs in on the way taxation is done
       | and contractor/employee considerations...
        
       | gruez wrote:
       | It feels weird that the author is approaching this from the "the
       | fee exceeds the actual cost to the business" angle. There's a
       | much simpler and universal reason to hate fees: they distort the
       | market by hiding information from consumers. Legislation in the
       | US has forced airlines to quote a final price for their fares,
       | which most travelers appreciate. On the flip side, travelers
       | probably don't appreciate the "resort fees" that hotels charge
       | them at check-in. I'm not sure what's the point in invoking some
       | vague notion that software should be "at the service of the
       | people that will use it".
        
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