> Whatever is going on, it's not about convenience.
I feel like using the phase "figure out" and then saying it's not about convenience is directly contradictory. I can't think of any way where handing someone my plastic index card, swiping it through a machine, and returning it is ever less convenient than shuffling through cash, counting it, handing It over, having the other person count it, calculate change, count change, and hand over various paper bills and coins that I don't want to be carrying.
But it's just not that hard to use cash, no matter how long you make the sentence. I've asked a few people: what interest do people have in pushing so hard against it? Does everyone here work for Stripe?
Cards have existed long before stripe. Convenience isn't about "hard" vs "not hard". It's "more convenient" vs "less convenient". And as I just laid out, the only scenario I can think that cash is more convenient is when power/internet is not available.
I carry some cash, but the only times I ever use it is for tipping and vending machines.
> Whatever is going on, it's not about convenience.
I feel like using the phase "figure out" and then saying it's not about convenience is directly contradictory. I can't think of any way where handing someone my plastic index card, swiping it through a machine, and returning it is ever less convenient than shuffling through cash, counting it, handing It over, having the other person count it, calculate change, count change, and hand over various paper bills and coins that I don't want to be carrying.