Forget Google, time to end the Visa-MasterCard duopoly

Re:Forget Google, time to end the Visa-MasterCard duopoly by arcticbull on Monday June 29, 2020 @11:38PM (#23686285)

I don't disagree that this is regressive and unfortunate, although the bigger issue in my mind (and I get we can have two problems and solve both at once) is free parking. The poor tend to use transit but the cost of parking is baked into each purchase thereby subsidizing the wealthy, too. [1]

[1] https://www.vox.com/2014/6/27/5849280/why-free-parking-is-ba...

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Re:Forget Google, time to end the Visa-MasterCard duopoly by zeroonetwothree on Monday June 29, 2020 @11:52PM (#23686369)

There’s a lot of transaction costs to charging for parking. Maybe with technology it can be completely automated but historically that’s been a huge reason for free parking.

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