On the one hand, buying online without a credit card or debit card has become a bit easier as Amazon/Paypal/Ebay/Sony/Microsoft/Uber etc have gift cards that yo

On the one hand, buying online without a credit card or debit card has become a bit easier as Amazon/Paypal/Ebay/Sony/Microsoft/Uber etc have gift cards that you can buy in stores with cash and purchase with. (Dunno if the accounts work without an attached card at all though). On the other, I'm also seeing fewer "self-checkouts" capable of accepting cash. While I generally prefer staffed check-out, retailers focus a lot on making sure the staffed checkout always has a bigger line than the self-checkout. But the store gets to say "we still accept cash" while making it more difficult to spend it there.