Friendly reminder that this is yet another reason people need to keep paying in cash. Eventually these groups will run out of online scapegoats and there will be a more generalized push to control what you can and can’t buy, on or offline.
Sure, it’s convenient to pop that card down or use Apple pay, etc: but this is why we as a society should not be beholden to a handful of third-party payment processors.
Pay in cash whenever possible. Even if you don’t believe there will be bigger (offline) issues later, taking money away from the snakes is not a bad thing, and it’s easy to do. They make money on every transaction. The convenience of not dealing with change is not free.
Agreed. I am a cash man these days. Fuck having all my purchases being watched by big brother. Anything I can pay for with cash, I do. Plus, there is no screen rotated your way awkwardly asking for a tip before you have even been served.
Friendly reminder that this is yet another reason people need to keep paying in cash. Eventually these groups will run out of online scapegoats and there will be a more generalized push to control what you can and can’t buy, on or offline.
Sure, it’s convenient to pop that card down or use Apple pay, etc: but this is why we as a society should not be beholden to a handful of third-party payment processors.
Pay in cash whenever possible. Even if you don’t believe there will be bigger (offline) issues later, taking money away from the snakes is not a bad thing, and it’s easy to do. They make money on every transaction. The convenience of not dealing with change is not free.
Agreed. I am a cash man these days. Fuck having all my purchases being watched by big brother. Anything I can pay for with cash, I do. Plus, there is no screen rotated your way awkwardly asking for a tip before you have even been served.