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		viscanti on Jan 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple execs: Let's take a 30% cut of Uber and Lyft... > It's more than that: it's the fact that all of the payment info is there. Haven't Lyft and Uber already collected that payment information to charge per ride today? Is there even any friction savings here? What justifies the 30% cut when these companies seem to have done just fine not using the Apple Payment infrastructure?

dragonwriter on Jan 12, 2022 [–]

> What justifies the 30% cut

Power.

Prices in capitalism don't reflect moral justifications, they reflect power.

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