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10-15 years is also an insanely large amount of time when it comes to digitalisation. 15 years ago IE6 received its final stable release, but it would still go
by slau 3y ago
10-15 years is also an insanely large amount of time when it comes to digitalisation.
15 years ago IE6 received its final stable release, but it would still go on to be supported for another 8 years. That’s also the same year Chrome was released, but it would take another 4 years before it overtook IE in market share.
I used cash semi regularly when I moved to Denmark nearly 10 years ago. I haven’t touched Danish currency in the last 3-4 years.
- varjag 3y agoPut it other way 10 years ago we had Python 3.4, Rust and Windows 8.1 :) What I'm saying is Norway at the time was pretty much where Denmark is now. Even 20 years ago you could go by pretty much cashless except one way bus tickets in certain cities. That said I doubt Denmark has any lower level of social trust than Norway so it's unlikely the cause. As the locals then explained credit card transaction fees were held at unsustainable levels and Denmark lacked its own national clearance network.
- slau 3y agoNot sure what you mean with “national clearance network”. With regards to CC fees, there have been none for (DanKort) cardholders since 2005. I haven’t had a non-DanKort rejected since 2016 or 2017, and the only times that I pay for card fees is when I use the CCs issued to my companies. Yet somehow, you still can’t buy tickets on the bus with a CC, only cash or apps.
- varjag 3y agoYeah I imagine apps have filled the niche that for whatever reason was unserviceable by credit cards.