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It's one cup of coffee, how much could it cost? (thelemmy.club)
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https://tribune.com.pk/story/2605975/starbucks-ceo-defends-9-coffee-says-its-not-a-10-coffee-and-you-get-a-premium-experience

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[–] 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This has been a thing since wifi became free in cafes. In my experience it's a thing around the world in cafes with dedicated seating. Especially cafes with electrical outlets. I don't think anything will make it go away. There's a demand for third spaces that has nowhere else to replace it right now

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/coffee-shops-limit-wi-fi-to-discourage-laptop-hobos/

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    The magnitude of it is on a different level since 2020. Dialectics quantitative change producing qualitative change yada yada

    There have always been people on laptops in cafes but WFH introduced a new and mainstream reason to do it on a large scale. Combined with economic challenges in the coffee industry, it’s a no brainer to rebrand as a workspace instead of a specialty coffee shop

    This might be somewhat region dependent. In many cities, if you go in any coffee shop on a weekday, it will have 100% of seats occupied by people on Zoom calls

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