News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on How Waymo outlasted the competition and made robo-taxis a real business. Parent comment

Re:How Waymo outlasted the competition and made robo-taxis a... by bigfudge on Thursday May 30, 2024 @02:14AM (#40520634)
There will be bullshit booking charges etc though. The thrust of their point is largely correct. I really wish people were more sensitive to being stiffed like we are by these sorts of stupid charges … that they arent means there is often no alternative.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:How Waymo outlasted the competition and made robo-taxis a... by Denvercoder9 on Thursday May 30, 2024 @02:38AM (#40520799)
I'll take bullshit charges that I can know about upfront over being nagged for tips every day.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:How Waymo outlasted the competition and made robo-taxis a... by bigfudge on Thursday May 30, 2024 @03:32AM (#40521107)
The point of bullshit charges is often to obscure total cost upfront. We are absolutely rotten with them in the UK. Not sure the US is better but I think they are really anticompetitive because they create a cost to discovering the true cost of goods. I have a personal policy of not buying if I discover stupid charges at the end of a sales pipeline but it’s sometimes incredibly inconvenient.
[ Parent | on HN ]