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I can totally understand the "not required to install an app" but just so I'm clear, are you advocating for requiring charging stations to accept cash? Or just
by atonse 3y ago
I can totally understand the "not required to install an app" but just so I'm clear, are you advocating for requiring charging stations to accept cash? Or just purchase without an app?
Do we know if this is even a legitimate issue facing a lot of people?
Meaning, is this an accessibility issue or a privacy issue? Because from my understanding, smartphone access is nearly ubiquitous nowadays across all income groups. But I could be wrong.
- KptMarchewa 3y agoI'm advocating for the same standards that gas stations have. Cash prepayment is not necessarily most important, but just accepting CCs is minimum required thing. >Meaning, is this an accessibility issue or a privacy issue? Because from my understanding, smartphone access is nearly ubiquitous nowadays across all income groups. But I could be wrong. Access is not the biggest problem, fragmentation and giant shittyness of the apps is. And the fragmentation is an unsolvable problems.
- NewJazz 3y agoI'm pretty sure any card accepting POS is going to need an internet connection.
- Nextgrid 3y agoSome cards can do transactions offline. Terminals can be configured to accept this (at the expense of increased risk). However, I'm pretty sure the app-based charging stations are all internet connected anyway, so I'm not sure if this is a big deal in practice.