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During the pandemic a huge number of businesses recurred to phone-first scheduling software where you have to show some kind of QR code. Bars offer QR menus by
by Daishiman 5y ago
During the pandemic a huge number of businesses recurred to phone-first scheduling software where you have to show some kind of QR code. Bars offer QR menus by default. Contactless payments have become the default. A lot of banks require 2FA to log into their systems. They're about as essential as they can be.
And for the record, governments have laws to step in when gasoline or food supplies become unavailable. And in the US, at least, being able to drive is seen as a right in the eyes of the public.
- ericmay 5y ago
- Daishiman 5y agoI'm not sure if you understand that if any of these things had the sort of arbitrary restrictions and lack of competition as the phone space, you would definitely be seeing government intervention. If Amazon was only one of two online retailers that would imply monopoly breakup or serious regulation. If FedEx or UPS stopped working or imposed random and unjustified restrictions on their deliveries you'd see quite a few angry lawmakers and senate meetings on the topic.
- ericmay 5y agoI disagree and we see that play out in the market. If UPS tomorrow added a 30% fee to all deliveries we wouldn’t be suggesting that you be able to pick any delivery service you want and that UPS still had to deliver products to your door so you could skip out on paying that fee. Amazon is one of many retailers but holds a dominant market position. No different than Apple being one of many smart phone makers holding a dominant market position.
- noptd 5y agoHow about you explicitly state your point? Sea lion-ing is typically frowned upon on HN.
- ericmay 5y ago