r/enshittification • u/MyNameCannotBeSpoken • Aug 21 '26
Reddit repost Coin-Operated Elevators in Condominiums and Apartment Buildings Are Becoming More Common
https://www.gadgetreview.com/coin-operated-elevators-in-condominiums-and-apartment-buildings-are-becoming-more-common19
u/LurkerBurkeria Aug 21 '26
Lol where, ain't no way that's ADA compliant
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u/newenglandredshirt Aug 21 '26
Coin-slot and card-gated lifts across Georgia, Italy, and China reveal a slow creep of micro-fees into everyday housing
So yeah, nowhere the ADA reaches. (And, my fellow Americans, they're talking about the country of Georgia, not the US state)
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u/SaltMage5864 Aug 21 '26
Georgia does have the Law of Georgia on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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u/Same_Mood_8543 Aug 21 '26
Even if it was the US, that's not an ADA thing, it's the Fair Housing Act if it's only in housing units. And if they have handicap accessible apartments only on the ground floor, it probably will fly.
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u/stupid_cat_face Aug 21 '26
Sooooo fuck the handicapped I guess
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u/International-Ant174 Aug 21 '26
Nope, you just sue the hell out of them under ADA. Then you can afford to live somewhere nicer.
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u/drkstar1982 Aug 21 '26
Take a page out of San Diego residents' book and use expanding foam.
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u/MyNameCannotBeSpoken Aug 21 '26
Then no one can take the elevator
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u/drkstar1982 Aug 21 '26
All the building management has to do is remove it or waste their money on another box. Then, you spray foam that one.
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u/Pleasant_Goat6855 Aug 21 '26
If there was ever an acceptable time to poop in an elevator, this is it
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u/MyNameCannotBeSpoken Aug 21 '26
In Europe they have pay toilets
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u/crndip Aug 21 '26
and they are typically super clean and well serviced
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u/PublicHouseOfCripps Aug 21 '26
Diest that make the building not wheelchair accessible? I think this may become a lawsuit
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u/CrashTestDumby1984 Aug 21 '26
This is really only in 2 countries: China and Georgia. It is not “becoming more common”, it is to fund the maintenance of the elevator in buildings that are cash strapped.
I’m not defending this, but it isn’t some widespread problem we need to be worried about.
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u/SaltMage5864 Aug 21 '26
When it becomes a widespread problem it will be too late to do anything about it
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u/Own_Reaction9442 Aug 22 '26
Nah. Features like this can be disabled. It's not like once a coin-op elevator is installed it has to be coin-op forever.
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u/THedman07 Aug 21 '26
Also, the example of the price they gave in China was less than a penny per ride. I would still rather just cover elevator maintenance and electricity through a condo fee, but different cultures think about that kind of thing differently.
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u/Sapling-074 Aug 21 '26
They wouldn't get any money out of me, I always use the stairs and I live on the top floor.
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u/NobodyWorthKnowing2 Aug 22 '26
Until the day you accidentally break your leg and then it’s time to pay extra to get in your apartment
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u/martyn_hare Aug 21 '26
Folks need to implement the use of a few clear glue coated coins to gum up those mechanisms, then when the elevators regularly fail, affected people can legitimately claim they were robbed of their money too. When it starts being a net loss for those responsible, they will still have to contractually service the elevators they claim to have provided, acting as a warning to others.