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Survey: Europeans prefer businesses that don’t use US tech (proton.me)

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[-] Kubiac@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 month ago

Why do you think everything has to be on your phone? If it breaks, you loose access to everything. What's so bad about it to carry a plastic credit card with you? It doesn't need to be charged, it is very light and thin and just works. Old doesn't mean bad. The modern tech company driven life is actually bad.

[-] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

What I’m aiming for is best of the both worlds. A fully FOSS payment system would be convenient and severed from big tech. Cards are still fine since they are so reliable, but they are less convenient.

You’re not carrying around a dedicated camera, GPS, address book and an alarm clock, now are you. Granted, cards take less space and weigh next to nothing, but they are still extra clutter I would need to keep track of. The mobile phone has swallowed other bits of technology over the past 20 years, and there’s good reason for that. It’s just so convenient and the downsides are tolerable.

Well, apart from the privacy part. That’s intolerable, and now we’re stuck with Apple and Google because of consistently choosing convenience over everything else.

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