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A better comparison might be the requirement for brick-and-mortar businesses to accept cash as payment, such as when Sweetgreen went cashless. "Discrimination"
by ysavir 3y ago
A better comparison might be the requirement for brick-and-mortar businesses to accept cash as payment, such as when Sweetgreen went cashless.
"Discrimination" might be the wrong word, but I think it's reasonable to mandate businesses not depend on clientele owning specific products that do not relate to the business's core service.
- thfuran 3y agoI don't think it's necessarily unreasonable to say that anyone seeking a business license for a physical premise must agree to accept cash, but there are very real business reasons to avoid cash payments. Cash handling can incur significant costs.
- xboxnolifes 3y agoIt having a cost is exactly why is needs regulation, otherwise it gets optimized away and companies need to follow to compete on pricing.
- thfuran 3y agoYes, I just don't think it's really accurate to characterize other payment devices as unrelated to a business's core service. Their core service is providing goods in exchange for payments, and they have legitimate reason to want to avoid cash payments.
- hhh 3y agoWhy should it be mandated to accept cash? Why should I have to take your money in some form that is useless to me, and only costs me more to process?
- nonrandomstring 3y ago> Why should it be mandated to accept cash? For the same reason it's mandated to pay taxes and drive on the same side of the road as everybody else. Social cohesion and minimising harm to others is sometimes more important than self advantage.