Comment by flemhans
2 years ago
We are headed in a direction where you will need the Google Play store or Apple's store to do groceries, read messages from the government, use two-factor authentication, pay, show your ID, order food, and much more. Web sites are being phased out and so are physical / legacy alternatives.
> We are headed in a direction
I feel that way too. Which is why I feel it's important to push back by at least asking every business whether they accept cash, and always using cash when they do. If they don't accept cash, I always make it a point to mention that they're paying processing fees for that transaction that they could have avoided if they accepted my cash instead. Simply raising the issue in a non-confrontational and casual way keep them thinking about it, which can lead to some of them acting on those thoughts after it happens often enough.
Simply acquiescing without any mention of cash makes one complicit in the pernicious slide toward a surveillance-infused market.