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Anthony Riera (posted 2026-08-03) rejects the gripe about "people paying 2 euros…

2026-08-03 · 09:26 UTC ·@anthonyriera ·1 min read

Brief

Anthony Riera pushes back on the complaint that "people paying 2 euros and staying 9h," proposing a marketplace app to list cafés, enable hourly booking/payment (plus food/drink charges), and surface Wi‑Fi and power availability. He says he'd use it almost daily and reports Paris cafés telling him to leave on a Sunday for working with a laptop.

Why it matters

Anthony Riera (posted 2026-08-03) rejects the gripe about "people paying 2 euros and staying 9h" and proposes an app that lists nearby cafés, lets users book seats and pay by the hour (hourly fee + pay for food/drink), and shows Wi‑Fi quality and laptop plug availability.

Key details

  • Riera says he'd use the app almost every day and that many remote workers would too; he reports that in Paris on a Sunday "EVERY CAFE YOU GO tell you to go away if you've a laptop," with cafés refusing laptop users even when they have no customers.
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This is creating a discourse about "people paying 2 euros and staying 9h"

I get this point, but why don't cafes make us pay by the hour them?

You don't want my 💵?

I would love an app that show me all the cafes around where I can work from and allow me to book a spot.

I would happily pay extra just to know I can work from a place.

> list cafes around me
> allow me to pay by the hour + pay for what you drink / eat
> know if the wi-fi works well
> know if I can plug my laptop

I would use this almost everyday and a lot of remote workers would as well.

Anthony Riera (@anthonyriera)

In Paris on a Sunday EVERY CAFE YOU GO tell you to go away if you've a laptop.

They don't want people to work at their place on a Sunday.

They have no customers and refuse me anyway.

😭

— https://nitter.net/anthonyriera/status/2083918599786242458#m