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IIRC that only requires an nfc capable credit card reader so still "waving a card in front of the machine".

martin_a 5y ago
Which is fine. Buy (electric) fuel like you'd buy a bread. Good news, looking forward to that as it will simplify electric mobility furthermore.
- dewey 5y ago
  > Which is fine. Buy (electric) fuel like you'd buy a bread. Are you implying you are able to can use a card to pay in a German bakery?
  - martin_a 5y ago
    Yes! As others have mentioned, Covid was a huuuuuuge boost for the acceptance of cashless payment systems in Germany. Even small business now have card readers and don't raise an eye when you want to pay 7,83 by card. If anything good came out of Covid it might be this.
  - deadbunny 5y ago
    You can use cards prettey much everywhere in the EU. From massive chains to street carts.
    - dewey 5y ago
      > From massive chains to street carts. I was specifically talking about Germany and its love for cash. It can be tricky to pay with cards in restaurants and small stores. It is a well known quirk. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200520-will-coronavirus-change-germans-love-of-cash https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200520-will-coronavir...
    - chrisseaton 5y ago
      Not in Germany!
  - ahartmetz 5y ago
    Maybe if it's colocated with or part of a supermarket.
    - ntp85 5y ago
      Most, if not all, bakeries in my vicinity allow card payments. Even the small, owner operated bakery a few blocks downtown. I know, purely anecdotal. But it goes to show that we Germans maybe aren't as backwards-thinking ;)
  - thesimon 5y ago
    Has been steadily on the rise, most German bakeries I know now have card payments.
  - volta83 5y ago
    I do every day, smaller bakery (no chain), they don't take cash anymore since COVID.
  - arlcode 5y ago
    COVID changed a lot. I can pay by card in chain bakeries and most non chain bakeries around me. My supermarket recently upgraded their card reader to a model which doesn't take an eternity to process a nfc transaction. Restaurants are the biggest hold outs and there many which still only take cash (presumably for "tax reasons").
  - dgellow 5y ago
    In Hamburg I pay using my Apple watch all the time, even when it's just for a Franzbrötchen or other small orders
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Which is fine. Buy (electric) fuel like you'd buy a bread. Good news, looking forward to that as it will simplify electric mobility furthermore.

dewey 5y ago
> Which is fine. Buy (electric) fuel like you'd buy a bread. Are you implying you are able to can use a card to pay in a German bakery?
- martin_a 5y ago
  Yes! As others have mentioned, Covid was a huuuuuuge boost for the acceptance of cashless payment systems in Germany. Even small business now have card readers and don't raise an eye when you want to pay 7,83 by card. If anything good came out of Covid it might be this.
- deadbunny 5y ago
  You can use cards prettey much everywhere in the EU. From massive chains to street carts.
  - dewey 5y ago
    > From massive chains to street carts. I was specifically talking about Germany and its love for cash. It can be tricky to pay with cards in restaurants and small stores. It is a well known quirk. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200520-will-coronavirus-change-germans-love-of-cash https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200520-will-coronavir...
  - chrisseaton 5y ago
    Not in Germany!
- ahartmetz 5y ago
  Maybe if it's colocated with or part of a supermarket.
  - ntp85 5y ago
    Most, if not all, bakeries in my vicinity allow card payments. Even the small, owner operated bakery a few blocks downtown. I know, purely anecdotal. But it goes to show that we Germans maybe aren't as backwards-thinking ;)
- thesimon 5y ago
  Has been steadily on the rise, most German bakeries I know now have card payments.
- volta83 5y ago
  I do every day, smaller bakery (no chain), they don't take cash anymore since COVID.
- arlcode 5y ago
  COVID changed a lot. I can pay by card in chain bakeries and most non chain bakeries around me. My supermarket recently upgraded their card reader to a model which doesn't take an eternity to process a nfc transaction. Restaurants are the biggest hold outs and there many which still only take cash (presumably for "tax reasons").
- dgellow 5y ago
  In Hamburg I pay using my Apple watch all the time, even when it's just for a Franzbrötchen or other small orders
- deleted 5y ago
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