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I agree that fax machines belong into the past, but cash? I'd like to be able to pay even if the internet/power goes down, thank you very much.
by krior 6mo ago
I agree that fax machines belong into the past, but cash? I'd like to be able to pay even if the internet/power goes down, thank you very much.
- defrost 6mo agoCash will have relevance as long as internet and cloud failures are still an ongoing thing .. both for lovers of privacy and viable fallbacks as required. Of interest, today in Australian media: Why cash has made an unexpected comeback in Australia: new study - https://theconversation.com/why-cash-has-made-an-unexpected-comeback-in-australia-new-study-281029 https://theconversation.com/why-cash-has-made-an-unexpected-... which includes figures that show while only 8% of Australian transactions are cash (by some metric, see article) 33% (a third) of the population fully supports keeping cash on.
- tomjen3 6mo agoAnd that is fine and I do the same. In Germany in many places you can only pay with cash.