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Yes, but now we (almost) all do have credit cards and this makes little incentive for merchants to upgrade to something new, which tries to solve the solved pro
by jimbobimbo 15y ago
Yes, but now we (almost) all do have credit cards and this makes little incentive for merchants to upgrade to something new, which tries to solve the solved problem by replacing one thing to carry around with another thing to carry around.
- pavel_lishin 15y agoBut that other thing is almost always present - it's not another thing you have to carry, it's adding capability to something almost everyone carries around. And again, back in the day, there was no incentive to add new fangled credit card readers, when everyone just carried cash and checks around anyway, etc., etc.
- jimbobimbo 15y agoThe benefits of going from carrying cash or writing checks to swiping card were clear - the benefits of going from swiping card to swiping phone or poking into some application are not so obvious.