As another great example of rent seeking behavior Airbnb
just added 2% FX charge to their fees. Might as well start charging a subscription to everyone for the privilege of using it so everyone can abandon you faster.
How the fuck can you be a global company and suck so much at payments and currency hedging that you need to abuse your users even more than you already do?
"Starting April 1, 2024, for cross-currency bookings, the guest service fee will include an additional amount of up to 2% of the booking total before taxes. This will be applied when the currency the guest uses to pay differs from the currency that the Host set for their listing. "
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