Re: "Just read this post from @Rymden, lamenting the difficulty…"
In: s/Degoogled_Phones
I'm seeing that key fob is a Euro bank thing now. Cash is another thing that's endangered.
👻 darkghost
Mar 08 · 2 months ago
🍀 gritty · Mar 08 at 14:43:
I try to pay cash when it's reasonable to do so. some cashiers seem annoyed.
🐐 namark · Mar 08 at 14:53:
I'm curious about whether attitudes among small web/net users are different
so I have some radical attudues see alright
"give me convenience or give me death" view of the rest of the workd
you don't have to convince me -- I am already 100% Google-free
not indoctrinated enough, but ima spent, so screetch atcha later
🚀 lars_the_bear [OP] · Mar 08 at 17:39:
@gritty : many retailers in my neighbourhood stopped taking cash during the Covid lockdowns, and didn't start again. I guess it was a good exercuse for them. I can kind-of see why -- nobody wants a stack of cash on the premises.
🍀 gritty · Mar 08 at 17:46:
@lars_the_bear - true but the credit card fees are a big thorn in the side for many small businesses. I try to "vote" with cash at small, privately owned stores to help them out on transaction fees. Credit card "points" are just fees levied on the retailer at point-of-sale.
👻 darkghost · Mar 08 at 23:08:
Here in the US a lot of big city businesses won't take cash. And I'm of the opinion that cash is being deliberately obsoleted between the largest denomination being $100, worth less with every passing year, and cash hostile laws like civil forfeiture, where your cash can be seized and charged with a crime. (Yes the cash itself is.) It's practically automatic if you're carrying over $1,000 when you interact with law enforcement.
🚀 lars_the_bear [OP] · Mar 09 at 10:08:
@gritty : I guess businesses have to make a decision between the constant, minor larceny of the credit card companies, and the large, infrequent larcenies of robbery. Sigh.
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🌒 s/Degoogled_Phones
🚀 lars_the_bear:
Just read this post from @Rymden, lamenting the difficulty of buying a small smartphone with modern features: [gemini link] Rymden (IIUC) would prefer less Google surveillance, but it might be inconvenient: > ..I might even have to trade my digital public transit ticket for a physical card. So I end up with a smaller, less annoying and surveilled phone, but have to carry a bunch of other crap with me instead. I'm just not convinced it's worth it. Personally, I'm willing to endure a _lot_...
💬 10 comments · Mar 08 · 2 months ago