> This worker is teaching people to use the iPads that will one day replace her. It’s an awkward phenomenon that now pervades a growing cross-section of industries, a type of techno-solutionism that’s unbearable because it insistently capitalizes on quick fixes for problems that didn’t exist to begin with.

These devices are awesome. When I go to lunch with my co-workers, it's easy to split the check. I don't have to give my credit card to anyone. And if we're in a time crunch I don't have to flag down the wait staff. Nor do they have to wait for their shot at the payment terminal.

Keep in mind the person who wrote this run's a DIY venue in Brooklyn so they're pretty torn up about this. Spotify is pretty terrible for struggling DIY artists who mainly rely on album/merch sales at shows.