• R0cket_M00se@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      “Hey, we saved money by computerization, so we’re gonna pass that cost onto you!”

      “Don’t you mean ‘pass the savings onto us?’”

      :D “Nope!”

      • kevin2107@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Honestly they probably spend so much on devs to maintain their website that they don’t break even lmao

        • R0cket_M00se@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          The amount you’d save not hiring physical ticket sales workers would absolutely dwarf any amount of possible dev salaries for one website.

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            Lol in my local cinema I have to use a computer next to the ticket taker to print my ticket I bought online and then they physically look at it to tell me which theatre I should walk to, it’s like Idiocracy’s costco

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      Don’t forget about the service fees, the inconvenience fees, then more convenience feed to undo those and another round of inconvenience fees and then more convenience fees to undo those