In the dim glow of a Seattle smartphone screen last month, Sarah Jenkins, a 42-year-old nurse finishing a graveyard shift, tapped open her DoorDash app for a quick post-work burrito. The subtotal promised relief at $14. But as the cart finalized, a new line jumped out: a $5 “regulatory fee” tacked on alongside taxes and tip. Her total doubled. Jenkins canceled the order, one of thousands in a city where delivery volumes have plunged 30 percent since new minimum wage rules took effect. This is the fallout from doordash regulatory fees, a direct retaliation by apps like DoorDash and Uber Eats against local mandates aimed at boosting driver pay. What began as a progressive push for fair wages has instead inflated costs,……