Forget swiping your card - thanks to a banner year for biometric payments, with JPMorgan and Mastercard joining the fray, paying with your face could soon be your new reality.

  • @[email protected]
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    -61 month ago

    Is it so hard to just pay using credit cards?

    Credit cards are really dystopian as is. Is it so hard to just pay using cash so that it would be harder to eliminate?

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      1 month ago

      Is it so hard to pay just using cash

      Yeah, because then I would be limited to only making purchases in person, and since I live in butt-fucking nowhere, I’d never be able to get anything.

      • @[email protected]
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        1 month ago

        Well, technically you could pay cash on delivery, at least for physical goods. But card payments are just conveniant.

        The only thing better imo, is nfc payment with phone just because fingerprint scan lets me pay without a pin and without compomising on security, so it’s a tiny bit faster and more conveniant with no drawbacks.

        For small amounts amounts either card or phone is fine.

        I only carry cash as backup

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          31 month ago

          technically you could pay cash on delivery, at least for physical goods.

          Is COD even a thing anymore? I’d be surprised if there’s a real market for that, if for no other reason than a delivery person taking and carrying cash like that is a major target.

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            21 month ago

            Idk about delivery in particular, but my preferred way of paying for online goods is ordering to the online shop’s physical storefront, since not only does that allow cash, it is at no extra cost, unlike using mail, delivery services or lockers.

          • @[email protected]
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            01 month ago

            Not every country out there has a violent society looking for the next easy target to rob.

        • I’ve grown up hearing the phrase “No COD” on literally every product. I know it was a thing at one time, but dude… I can’t even pay cash for a pizza delivery these days.

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            21 month ago

            Payment on delivery is still very much a thing here. Literally all food delivery allows it.

            The majority of online retailers allow it too, though some of them charge the equivalent of ~1€ if you do choose it.

            I prefere using it when I don’t know much about the store or if I know the store is too big to care about their customers and I had orders being delayed by them in the past. It’s in their best interest to deliver it asap if they didn’t get the money yet.

            Also, it makes it a hell of a lot easier to deal with goods damaged during shipping, if the box is damaged you just refuse it and don’t have to wait x amount of days to get the money back into your account.

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      71 month ago

      Yeah no, fuck that. I don’t want to be carrying a pocketful of bills and coins when I can just have a card that does the same.