Huh, where I live you often can use many different parking apps, and the one i tried is very simple and user friendly.

Start app, wait for gps, turn time wheel, press start.

Turn time wheel? How do you know in advance how long you stay? Where I live, you start and when you leave, you click stop. You also get reminders in case you forgot to stop.

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deificx 2 days ago | parent [-]

Not GP, but I guess I'm using the same app. You guess (and then it gives you the price up front). 10 minutes before it expires it asks you if you want to extend it. There might also have been a detect if you drive away and stop feature (don't recall).

Mostly these days all paid parking has registration camera's, and it just starts and stops parking for you automatically. However, there are like 3 or so apps that compete here so you need a profile with all of them for this to work and you also need to enable this on all the apps.

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baobun 2 days ago | parent [-]

There is no way this is not a degradation compared to a physical meter accepting cash plus whatever. My country doesn't really have parking apps yet here and paying for parking is never a friction.

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Mashimo a day ago | parent [-]

> There is no way this is not a degradation compared to a physical meter accepting cash plus whatever.

Well you can extend the parking time while not at your car. That is a big plus.

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baobun a day ago | parent [-]

Or just pay whetever's due when you return to exit. Having to schedule and reschedule sounds unnecessary to begin with.

	▲	Mashimo a day ago \| parent [-]
		You can only do that at a dedicated and fenced of garage or parking lot. You can't do that at the curb in the inner city. You have to pay upfront. Without the app you have to find the meter, pay, print the receipt and get back to your car to put in in the window. Remember the time and get back. With the app you can just start walking towards your destination while you start the metering.