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With gas stations, there is so much more to it than just replacing a card reader in the kiosk, or even just replacing the kiosk itself. You may have to even tea
by kibibyte 4y ago
With gas stations, there is so much more to it than just replacing a card reader in the kiosk, or even just replacing the kiosk itself. You may have to even tear out all of the old networking equipment. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28207062 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28207062
- ki85squared 4y agoThank you for this. How much of an impact is this having 1+ years on? I'm sure it's still substantial but wanted to ask if you had any current data.
- pinebox 4y agoThanks, but the post you linked is making me irrationally angry. Why does a gas pump card reader need full internet connectivity?! It's outrageous! Just use the two wires to talk to a head unit in the building! Then it brings up the gas pump advertising screens which are already a sore point for me (two conveniently located stations have these, so I can't go there anymore because I find the accompanying audio intolerable). The whole situation smells like it involves a lot of vendor lock-in, too (which I always hate to see).
- kibibyte 4y agoEMV is a very very chatty protocol, basically.