Comment by yieldcrv

we can regulate the intermediary

we can literally get the state to say it is illegal for the point of sale system to have that or sell that to merchants

we can tie it to business codes that dictate which type of business it is to payment processors

control behavior by regulating the intermediary

the beauty of this philosophy is that it works under any system of government: don’t worry about the rights afforded to merchants or individuals, don’t burden them with the law at all, only intermediaries!

poof, tips at the point of sale system before receiving service disappears as fast as it came, short Square (now Block)

we can go deeper too