Yeah I mean, this is what cryptocurrency is supposed to help solve and does for people willing to jump through the hoops. Instead of waiting on corporate overlords to enter a ridiculously relegated and bureaucratic mess, we have the open source community actually moving forward with ideas (ones no one seems to like on HN because it's not as simple or convenient, not that Linux was easy to use when installing Slackware from a bunch of disks) and almost no one wants to embrace them, rather just shit on them here.
I'm fully aware this is an unpopular opinion here, but cryptocurrency is one answer to the conglomerates everyone is complaining about. Is it perfect, or even very good? No. But I use it regularly on major merchants and get stuff delivered without much hassle and pay for my VPSes without trouble.
People want an alternative that is as good as Visa/MC without the conglomerate control. That is not going to happen. You can't get 100% of the convenience of the major processors with 0% of the problems.
I'm fully aware this is an unpopular opinion here, but cryptocurrency is one answer to the conglomerates everyone is complaining about. Is it perfect, or even very good? No. But I use it regularly on major merchants and get stuff delivered without much hassle and pay for my VPSes without trouble.
People want an alternative that is as good as Visa/MC without the conglomerate control. That is not going to happen. You can't get 100% of the convenience of the major processors with 0% of the problems.