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Being supportive (thelemmy.club)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/Couplememes@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Pretty sure the consensus in that thread was that no one in the west had seen any restaurants where the only accepted payment method was via QR code

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    Missed that one, sorry! I'd have listed several from KC :)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    That sucks.

    The gist of it was OP visited China, where he had been at least once before covid, and noticed changes like everything from taxis to restaurants requiring WeChat, weixin pay, a proprietary QR code format, passport verification, 2FA over WhatsApp (which requires a proxy to even use there), etc.

    All OP wanted was some KFC to try their seaweed chicken and their shrimp burgers, but eventually he rage quit and went back to his hotel because it was taking so long to jump through all the hoops and it was eating up his data plan.

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