> The idea being the business should try and meet the customer's needs.
But they're choosing their customers with this action. If you can't buy stuff from them, you are not a customer.
> For most of the fifty years since Visa started businesses have been expected to take credit cards, even though they cost more to process for all that time.
Because those were the customers who were spending the money. They didn't have to, they chose to. I mean, it wasn't that long ago that fast food establishments refused to take them. That is a recent change.
But they're choosing their customers with this action. If you can't buy stuff from them, you are not a customer.
> For most of the fifty years since Visa started businesses have been expected to take credit cards, even though they cost more to process for all that time.
Because those were the customers who were spending the money. They didn't have to, they chose to. I mean, it wasn't that long ago that fast food establishments refused to take them. That is a recent change.
What's the benefit of inserting the middlemen?