What are you comparing this to that makes you think it is nuts?
Square's is 2.6% + $0.10
Paypal's is 2.7%
Fees directly from the merchant card issuers (Visa, Mastercard, etc) are sometimes lower (ranging from 1.4% - 2.6%, and even 3.5% for AmEx) but Stripe is a service that is on top of those fees , and any merchant will add on top of those fees as well.
> Fees directly from the merchant card issuers (Visa, Mastercard, etc) are sometimes lower (ranging from 1.4% - 2.6%, and even 3.5% for AmEx) but Stripe is a service that is on top of those fees , and any merchant will add on top of those fees as well.
The way it works for "the networks" (Visa, Mastercard, Amex) is that they have several "interchange rates" ( https://www.helcim.com/us/pricing/visa-interchange-rates/ ) which vary depending on the risk of the card [transaction].
"Flat fee" card payment providers win by setting an average flat-fee that they believe will be higher than the mixed (average) interchange range of the payers. Also, lower card rates can be obtained capturing what is called "level 2" or "level 3" data ( https://www08.wellsfargomedia.com/assets/pdf/small-business/... ).
Because of HDMI-CEC. The dongle can control things on the TV via this technology. This product specifically has a remote that I believe only interacts via HDMI-CEC.
I don't know if it's possible for the HDMI-CEC to pass through a receiver to the TV itself for this purpose.
Yes, that’s a feature in many receivers. My older Chromecast turns on the receiver, sets the receiver input, and turns on the TV. I’m guessing this new one would work perfectly fine, too.
I noticed one of these recently and tried to block it with an adblocker by finding the word Sponsored. I looked at the source code and found that they separated each letter of the word 'Sponsored' into separate html tags, making it impossible to find it by text. So sleazy, Facebook.
That’s brilliant, in an evil way. At that point I would just draw the text on a canvas (not to give any ideas).
It’s ironic that people who use adblockers are the exact people you don’t want to push ads onto, even if you can. They have adblockers for a reason, and they’ll just ignore them anyway!
I can't help wondering whether the effect the design of those phones have on the average person spotting them is less "wow, polished ceramic pillow, red gold detailing and alligator-skin case" and more "wow, that guy over there keeps bragging about how rich he is then pulls some cheap phone that looks like the one I had in the late 90s out of his pocket"
Or maybe they're just way ahead of the curve when it comes to the inevitable retro craze for turn-of-the-century phone design
Smartphones have no exclusivity or wealth signaling potential; both the rich and the poor can afford one. They're basically the new feature phone. I don't think anyone would brag about something everyone could afford. (i.e: no rich person would brag about an iPhone).
Some of the most expensive things go unnoticed to the 'untrained' eye. It might be by design in an inside joke spirit. Not many would recognize John Lobb shoes, Scabal suits, or Patek Philippe watches.. I wouldn't, but some would. They do look good and have an appeal to the hacker inside everyone who loves things well made, especially things custom made. Bespoke shoes is as 'hackery' as it gets.
>Or maybe they're just way ahead of the curve when it comes to the inevitable retro craze for turn-of-the-century phone design
Vertu's design has been consistent over the years as far back as I can remember.
