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Genuine question: what’s the alternative? Perhaps a web app based solution?
by tnel77 5y ago
Genuine question: what’s the alternative? Perhaps a web app based solution?
- fsflover 5y agoWeb app or official API, so anyone could develop an app.
- handrous 5y agoWhat's the problem? This seems like one of many applications of tech chasing very marginal gains.
- ghaff 5y agoThe "problem," such as it is, is that an increasing number of people don't want to carry wallets any longer--carrying at most a few cards in a sleeve on their smartphone. So to the degree just a photo on their phone isn't good enough, they want a digital ID on their phone.
- crazygringo 5y agoExactly. A single card may not seem like a big deal, but all it takes is one card for you now to need a case with a sleeve and all that extra bulk and now your phone doesn't fit easily in your pocket. "No longer needing a wallet" isn't a marginal gain -- it's a huge step forwards for convenience, security, and even safety.
- ghaff 5y agoI definitely still use a sleeve (Apple magnetic wallet thingie) to carry a few cards. But--assuming I'm willing to bet I won't need cash when walking around (which in the US is a decent bet in general)--not carrying a wallet, even a sleek one, is still a positive.
- tzs 5y agoDoes a sleeve really do much? I just carry my cards loose in my pocket (a credit card, my driver's license, and my health insurance card). If I think I might need cash I'll toss a $20 in too.
- handrous 5y agoIf I carry more than one thing in a pocket, especially if one or more of the things is small, I usually end up dropping things a lot, sometimes without realizing it, while getting something else out. That's the main reason I use a card holder and don't do what you do. Other benefit is that the cards are very unlikely to end up in different places in your house when you need to find them. Even if you are very careful to always stack them in the same place when you get home and never take anything from the pile without taking it back, it's much easier to bump a card off a table and have it sail under furniture across the room, without noticing, than it is a wallet or card holder. [EDIT] and of course a sleeve on a smartphone is even harder to lose than a separate card holder. Plus, it comes with find-my without needing to buy some kind of extra bluetooth tag or something.
- ghaff 5y agoYeah, even with the Apple Magsafe wallet I found I had to be fairly disciplined when I took it off the phone at home or to magnetically mount on the car so I didn't have to frantically search for it. Though I like it overall vs. having a conventional sleeve because the car mounting and wireless charging in bedroom works well. But individual cards are really easy to lose. Probably a mini front pocket wallet would be a reasonable option but fewer items is still better in general.