> I think that backwardness is now a thing of the past. It's really not. Just the other day, I had to pay for gas at a station that still used swipe rather th

> I think that backwardness is now a thing of the past. It's really not. Just the other day, I had to pay for gas at a station that still used swipe rather than chip, and then ate at an outdoor café where I had to give my card to the server, who took it away and brought back a sheet to sign and a pen. A lot of places are updating to handle chip and tap-to-pay, which is great, but until swipe entry is completely obsoleted and non-portable terminals for restaurants are banned by the payment processors, there will still be some who hold on because that's what they have and what they know.