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This app lets restaurants and coffee shops charge to use the bathroom (techcrunch.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

OK, what I'm increasingly getting from this thread is that one-off kinda scammy touristy places get over-reported and maybe mixed up with outdoor stand-alone toilets? Stuff gets presented like "in EU you have to pay for public toilets" in clickbaity travel articles, but it seems to be more like people were in one scammy place that was chargning and that's what gets talked about? Maybe I just don't go to enough tourist traps.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Well for Finland I have experience from all over and pay toilets aren't rare in cities. From Tallinn or Stockholm, it was like that at least in city centers, not sure I would call those touristy places or just high-traffick places. Touristy places make me think more of old towns and such.