Can someone explain the purpose of digital convenience fees?

Question

I would’ve thought that makes it easier on all parties. Or is this just another way to suck money out of people?

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Answer 1

The purpose is they want more of your money.

Ostensibly though, it costs money to hire programmers and web-devs and project managers and sysadms to create and run the new method of taking your money/whatever. Someone has to pay for that. But in reality, the digital method is maaaaasively cheaper for them. This is just an excuse to squeeze more money out of you.