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Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by beaconstudios on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @07:26PM (#29915019)
Uber paying the cost and passing it on is the customer paying the cost.
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Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by throwaway1777 on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @07:27PM (#29915038)
So is passing on any other cost. I’m pushing back on the idea that the problem is passing on the cost. The problem is that they don’t get to choose whether or not to pay this cost.
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Re:Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft's memb... by beaconstudios on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @07:32PM (#29915105)
The cost always falls down to the end customers. "just don't buy it" doesn't work if everybody is doing it, which they all are in Silicon Valley.
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