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Isn't this problem solvable by having multiple redundant systems of payment available for use? The overarching question of freedom from surveillance is much mo
by abenga 3y ago
Isn't this problem solvable by having multiple redundant systems of payment available for use?
The overarching question of freedom from surveillance is much more interesting. It sucks, but it seems for most of us the tedium of using cash is much more inconvenient than value of the perceived loss of freedom & privacy.
- marginalia_nu 3y agoIt would be, but there is no incentive to solve it. If anything, the move is toward outsourcing and centralizing inventory and payment systems meaning that if the provider goes out, multiple stores, even disparate chains may be affected.
- LtWorf 3y agoI would be in favour of creating a EU system and mandate it, and shops can decide to opt in into visa and mastercard if they want. I don't see why we must pay fees to foreign companies and give them all of our data. But the average swede doesn't care about privacy at all. We have a website where you can just look up the address of everyone.