Yes, paying for things is a hassle, but it's also a great way of incentivizing companies to provide services that people actually need, and incentivizing people

Yes, paying for things is a hassle, but it's also a great way of incentivizing companies to provide services that people actually need, and incentivizing people to use only those services that they actually need. And yes, figuring out what exactly you have to pay for on public transit is an especially big hassle, but that's a problem that's solved technologically in many countries, where you just have to swipe a card at the entry and exit.