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A comment on Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's membership programs (2018). Parent comment

Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by stefan_ on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @06:45PM (#29914507)
You wrote this block of text but missed the whole point of the link: they didn't end up charging this fee, at all. They got 0%. The cut didn't go up. The store didn't close. There was never a basis in cost, whatsoever.
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Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by giantrobot on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @08:38PM (#29915719)
> There was never a basis in cost, whatsoever.

Price is not based on cost.

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