Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The Horrible Future : China - Holographic Cashless ATMs Date: 24 Sep 2025 03:14:15 GMT Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <7S2dna3ARMc3CVb1nZ2dnZfqn_ednZ2d@giganews.com> <10ah4gi$3tlsl$1@dont-email.me> <10aq70m$22nft$2@dont-email.me> <10ask51$2lq0s$2@dont-email.me> <7g0aqlx0qp.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10atqp0$2tidd$7@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net M93VFR9SSQbNbYOwWnPnHgqgCUJ0Bo3ibKv/mf0HMBmS9Y4qoO Cancel-Lock: sha1:DkRKNHA9xN86+19TJQALmkNLGxU= sha256:OxfNXexpli1QUZsYP5XqkNVcWd08gPJEcHgEce9o7yA= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:75064 On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 22:08:59 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: > One has to wonder what effects has on the app behaviour if it knows how > much one is tipped and how frequently. These apps study behaviour and > change things. Like if it is raining a ride becomes more expensive. I haven't used it often enough to worry about being flagged as a poor tipper. Before Uber and Lyft drove the taxi company out of business you paid the driver in cash. Before an eye operation the nurse asked who was going to pick me up. When I said I was going to take a cab she broke the news to me that there weren't cabs anymore and I'd better figure out how to use Uber.