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You are wrong for thinking that these innovations aren't helping society. Even a brief thought about it and you can see this is much better than having to go t

You are wrong for thinking that these innovations aren't helping society. Even a brief thought about it and you can see this is much better than having to go to your bank, withdraw a large sum of money, walk to the shop with that large sum of money. It helps business, reduces the transaction friction. I once actually pondered that wouldn't it be much better if the government controlled internet search rather than google. Fairer? Less open to their constant land grabs from other aggregators? No advertising? Can you imagine what a nightmare that would have been like? What a silly idea that thought was? That's essentially what you're saying about a different industry.

cantrevealname 13y ago
> go to your bank, withdraw a large sum of money, walk to the shop I was speaking about frilly credit card features that force us to play a complicated game where we pay more for stuff and then get some money back by signing up for the right "reward" card or collecting points or miles or whatever. Obviously, I'm not suggesting that everything should be cash. Electronic payment systems (credit/debit cards, wire transfer, Paypal, hopefully Bitcoin) are essential of course. (Often badly implemented, but essential.)