Technically “consumers” do pay taxes when they purchase something. It’s called a sales tax and I believe that they apply to cars just as they apply to most items.

Also what you’re describing is the inevitable result of having a lack of options. I know the US has really limited availability of service providers as a result of local monopolies that struck up contracts with local municipalities and also the fact that those ISP’s don’t have to share their infrastructure with…

On top of that, rates are pretty affordable where i’m from for those who want mobile data plans that don’t discriminate on services, but MVNO’s that do give me options I can choose from and sometimes have better plans for me. No one here blocks or throttles traffic, or forces you to use useless apps and if you don’t…

Yea, I can see how data caps on home broadband connections wouldn’t make sense and are just a way for those ISP companies to funnel people into bad services. It’s kind of ridiculous to see the data caps that home providers mandate; I don’t really see those kinds of things anywhere else. But I don’t see data caps for…

I was outlining a scenario in which consumers might benefit and usually when it comes to mobile networks offering exemptions for services, they aren’t throttling other services. I get social media apps and a music streaming app’s data for free and the service is great and my provider isn’t throttling other apps, those…

Typically air pollution that you get in the city isn’t coming from ships though. Walking around in Beijing, no one actually assumes that container ships are causing the air pollution that an inland city has to deal with. The pollution often comes from manufacturing and coal plants near the city along with the cars.

Same…

Well they can drop to a lower plan to save money while continuing to use services that they use heavily, or they can increase consumption of things like music streaming services without worrying about hitting the data cap. I made a post just a few mins ago describing an example of this earlier if you’d like to take a…

They’d benefit because they can use those services without having it count against their data cap.

I can see how hampering competition might harm consumers in the long run if it restricts newer companies but not having it count against your data cap does help quite a bit. In some instances, I can go to a lower data plan because of it, saving me money. I also don’t pay more for having those services free, it comes…

Yea, that’s a possibility. I’m just using present day examples to show how consumers might possibly benefit, but paid tiers are also conceivable.

Right, it hampers small companies but the OP was asking if anyone else benefits so technically, consumers who use such services do benefit

I’m not sure if mobile networks are covered, but you could access apps like facebook, twitter, and spotify without it counting against your data plan, like T-mobile’s binge on plan, so people who use those services heavily would benefit.

Yup, you can pay for things at restaurants and stores, split bills, pay for utilities, and buy train tickets through WeChat. QR codes make everything super easy. Watching Facebook stumble its way with Messenger is kind of cute, as just about every feature they introduce on that app is something that WeChat, Line, and…

You know you can charge an EV at home, right?

Well he does do exactly what his name says, which is to keep it stupid

I googled what a moon cricket is and it’s interesting how you call out a blog for being racist and divisive while you throw around racial slurs like that.

Depending on what country you’re tipping, you’re being insulting by tipping.

You’re disappointed people are paying exactly what they asked for which was a ride to get from point A to point B. Cool.

Here’s the gripe I have about tipping: it’s so arbitrary and the justification for tipping (aside from restaurant workers being paid close to slave wages by their employers) is absolute trubbish.…

Not necessarily true in regards to a single-payer healthcare system always being the solution. You did a good job explaining why base prices are so high and the overhead costs associated with a system with private insurers dominating the system. An example of a country that doesn’t have single-payer but aggressively…

Spirit doesn’t belong on any list, the list of airlines that accept or don’t accept TSA precheck has nothing to do with the quality of the airlines. You have Spirit on the list that accepts precheck and Easyjet and Ryanair on the list that doesn’t. Both are low cost airlines. Yet you also have decent airlines in both…