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Certain cards are very popular with certain demographics. I would not do something as stupid using cards to discriminate pricing. Now of course, we live in a
by BoorishBears 5y ago
Certain cards are very popular with certain demographics.
I would not do something as stupid using cards to discriminate pricing.
Now of course, we live in a society where the courts would never actually make that link, so you can argue I'd be a bad leader leaving money on the table like that...
But I'd say that's more a problem with our system than anything.
- luis8 5y agoI'm pretty sure it is more than that. I mentioned in a comment below this one that they probably use my destinations as a proxy to asses my income and how much I'm willing to pay for a ride
- nikanj 5y agoYour legal case would pretty fast turn into bizarre hate speech: ”They’re charging people using the costco mastercard more!” ”Yeah, and?” ”Well, everyone knows that the jews love costco, and you can’t discriminate against an ethnic minority!”
- BoorishBears 5y agoWhy? Cash app targets underbanked people... guess what demographics are underbanked: https://www.bcg.com/publications/2021/unbanked-and-underbanked-households-breaking-down-the-myths-towards-racial-equity-in-banking https://www.bcg.com/publications/2021/unbanked-and-underbank... So guess who they market heavily to: https://trapital.co/2020/03/18/how-hip-hop-helped-cash-app-grow-faster/ https://trapital.co/2020/03/18/how-hip-hop-helped-cash-app-g... It's not racist, but it does make people look at uncomfortable truths about equality...