Thursday, March 26, 2015

Tech Article 3/27

10%? 20%? Apps Are Changing How We Tip 

  • Apps such as PayPal, Square, Breadcrumb, Apple Pay and Facebook have a new payment feature that is supposed to make paying for things easier 
  • New electronic tipping platforms have been quickly spreading in many places such as cafes, restaurants, beauty salons, taxis and anywhere else a tip jar used to be
  • The problem customers have with this feature is that it forces them to have to give a specific amount for a tip 
  • Nir Eyal, a tech writer and entrepreneur, stated that the base tip for taxi cabs used to be 8 percent, but with new apps, it has climbed to 15 percent and even 25 percent
  • The tip percentage has always risen in restaurants, where 20 percent is the base tip price 

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