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Very on topic. Here in Sweden cashless payments using smartphones have largely replaced cash for person-to-person transactions. The proprietary payment app in
by Findecanor 4y ago
Very on topic. Here in Sweden cashless payments using smartphones have largely replaced cash for person-to-person transactions.
The proprietary payment app in turn relies on a proprietary app for electronic ID which authorises bank transactions. And those demand a relatively recent version of iOS or Android and that the phone is not rooted.
The e-ID is only available to citizens and residents, which means that people such as foreign students or guest workers can't get one.
(And then the privacy and security issues of the e-ID system is a can of worms...)
- azalemeth 4y agoIt's the same in Denmark. I get charged extra by the bank for using cash and others look at me weird. I have a rooted Android phone and am privacy mad. Most Danes think I'm a weird foreigner (which, to be fair, I am!)
- delecti 4y agoConversely, loads of places in Germany don't even accept card payments. I go there occasionally for work and can't easily avoid getting at least some cash to make it through the week.
- raxxorraxor 4y agoI hope it stays that way. Not interested in my transactions being that transparent at all. I also think it is convenient compared to a smartphone. The requirement of the phone not being rooted is another blunder. This is trusted computing against the user in my opinion.
- pnw 4y agoSounds like you need to study up on your Jante Law! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Jante https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Jante