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I live in the UK and don't think I've used cash for at least three years if not longer, at least I can't remember the last time I did and I love it. I understa
by enlyth 4y ago
I live in the UK and don't think I've used cash for at least three years if not longer, at least I can't remember the last time I did and I love it.
I understand the concerns about everything being logged digitally, but it is just so much more convenient than carrying a bulky wallet with a coin pouch, and messing around with coins at the till holding everyone up for ages. For some reason people think it's a binary choice between privacy or convenience, but it doesn't have to be that way.
I have started going out without my wallet recently, one less thing to lose, and just paying with my phone everywhere.
- djbusby 4y agoPhone and wallet together. Now I can lose two very important things in one easy step.
- ChuckNorris89 4y agoMeh, since everything on your phone is digital, loosing it and restoring everything including your digital wallet is a few taps away after buying a new phone. Meanwhile when you loose your physical wallet, it takes day or weeks, plus trips and legal paperwork to issue new cards, IDs, driver's license, etc. It's a complete nightmare.
- deathanatos 4y ago> Meh, since everything on your phone is digital, loosing it and restoring everything including your digital wallet is a few taps away after buying a new phone. In this thread where the assumption is cashless & wallet-less, I have to ask: buying a new phone with what? Seems like you'd need a friend to spot you a few hundred until you got your access back…
- ChuckNorris89 4y ago>buying a new phone with what? Your bank still issues you physical debit and credit cards, bedside your digital ones, no? Cards which you can leave at home as backup, no? At least that's the case for me and everyone I know in Europe.
- djbusby 4y agoHow to get home with no phone and no money?