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It's very recent, wich is the point of my post, we lost so much time with meaningless things
by Shadonototra 5y ago
It's very recent, wich is the point of my post, we lost so much time with meaningless things
- ckcheng 5y agoContactless payments was already adopted in Canada for several years by 2010 [1]. It’s not recent. Not sure why US is slow in this adoption though [1] See first two sentences here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/new-credit-cards-pose-security-problem-1.904220 https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/new-credit-cards-pose-securi...
- Shadonototra 5y agoCome on, it was just for a very small minority, and you couldn't do it for every payments, most businesses refused for small payments because of the fees, "CC only after X dollar" kind of rules And you still can't use your phone, a joke this system is
- Mindwipe 5y ago> It's very recent, wich is the point of my post, we lost so much time with meaningless things But again, outside of the US it isn't. Contactless payments have been common in Europe and had widespread usage for a decade. Chinese and European adoption was pretty similar.