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> But how do you break up such a duopoly? Start buying things with cash again.
by ssl232 3y ago
> But how do you break up such a duopoly?
Start buying things with cash again.
- figmert 3y agoYes! Let's ignore the fact that more and more companies do not take money at all. Problem solved.
- hiatus 3y agoMore and more places are banning cashless companies. Delaware, NJ, Pittsburgh, NYC, San Francisco. Likely more to come.
- carlosjobim 3y agoThen you vote with your wallet and boycott those companies.
- herbst 3y agoIn Switzerland there is not a single shop I could name that only takes credit cards. Nether offline nor online. I can name you at least 50 shops that dont take credit card but at least 2 different payment methods.
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- ClumsyPilot 3y agoSo when I need to buy software, should I send cash by post or drive 500 miles and pay in person?
- jtbayly 3y agoI wonder if we could convince companies to put software on some sort of portable physical medium that could be sold in brick and mortar stores?
- johnnyanmac 3y agoI'd be willing if most of the things hit weren't purely software services. It's a bit sad that Cryptocurrency has been the most common alternate payment for that and it's not in a good positions either
- kevincox 3y agoIgnoring the convenience aspect one problem with this is that you are now paying an ~2% "tax" as most stores include credit card fees in their prices. If you use a credit card you get ~2% back in "rewards" but if you don't you are still paying the same prices (in most businesses). It's a pretty clever scheme by the card companies where the have raised the price for people not using their services.