[Ankaios]

They're currently discussing how difficult it was to design a credit card reader for the Robotaxi that would reliably fail whenever it detects cash in the passenger's wallet.

[paulryanrogers]

Is this a joke? Do they prefer the taxis get paid in cash?

[mgiampapa]

Every Taxi driver in NYC has a credit card machine that is broken unless you show them you don't have cash.

[Freedom2]

I was in NYC last month and paid fine with card, and the driver clearly saw cash in my wallet?

[Grazester]

I dont know how true it is now but I can tell you once upon a time they preferred cash and yes their machine frequently seemed to be broken or had some issue. My experiences were a long time ago before the rise of Uber and Lyft

[renegade-otter]

I take cabs in NYC often and that never happens.

[natroniks]

This is complete and utter bullshit. Whatever your personal experience, I have ridden taxis hundreds of times over the course of 2 decades and not once has a cab demanded I pay cash. I exclusively used credit cards and have been since roughly 2009

[wenc]

It's a running joke but also still true in many cities in America. Cab drivers really do prefer to be paid in cash.