rsefer

I made a Chrome extension called Not Now that helps with this: https://seferdesign.com/not-now/

Here in Chicago, regular cab drivers ask the route question all the time. I've read that this is asked in hopes you tell them a non-optimal route that takes longer. My response is almost always "the fastest way is fine."

I think the $5.00 is to deter the average user from seeing a free App made by Apple and downloading it, eating up significant bandwidth