My "why do you care" was rhetorical/sarcastic. It was meant to be analogous to "what do you have to hide?" in the context of privacy discussions. Part of how these things get adopted is that people engage in "outsider-shaming" of the people who resist.
> Bills mandating cash acceptance have faced intensive lobbying from the credit card industry as well as more tech-focused retailers. The passage of the New Jersey legislation exemplifies such forces at work. The bill's sponsor specifically criticized a recent Visa initiative that rewarded 50 businesses with $10,000 each for making their operations cashless.
