Cory Doctorow<p>Here&#39;s an example: one especially pernicious form of junk fee is the &quot;<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/SwipeFees" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SwipeFees</span></a>&quot; that credit-card companies charge merchants. In an increasingly cashless age, these companies - dominated by the <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Visa</span></a>/#Mastercard duopoly - have figured out how to scrape 3-5% out of *every single retail transaction in the entire fucking economy*.</p><p>14/</p>