Comment by pimeys
13 hours ago
I just decided to completely stop paying with NFC. I always carry a few cards with me and Wero is already working in a few spots, which requires just your banking app and a working camera.
I don't even have Google Wallet installed anymore.
Go even further and carry cash! No technology dependency and "just works".
I live in Berlin... So naturlich!
And I’m in Austria. Plenty of businesses still ONLY accept cash. And not just small rural concerns. Had lunch in the city yesterday and the restaurant only accepted cash payment.
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Not everywhere, unfortunately. There are places in the world where only accepting digital payments is the norm and they won’t serve you if you pay in physical cash.
And the problem is people stopped paying cash, thus the facility was largely withdrawn. I don’t know what the answer is, but my gut says if cash remains legal tender, businesses should be obliged to accept it as a form of payment.
Otherwise, vote with your wallet wherever possible and prefer those businesses that do accept cash.
And even if they theoretically can serve you, one generally doesn't want to be 'that guy'.
I'm glad the option is still there in most places, but it's clear most people don't actually care for cash (neither do I for that matter, other than as a backup solution).