Yeah, basically any time a smart contract involves anything that isn't a digital commodity (currency or otherwise) on the same platform, you run into that kind of problem, AFAICT.
So it seems to me as well, and even when you're dealing with most kinds of digital commodities, I don't see how a smart contract is helpful. Say I bought some software from valve or microsoft or whoever; I pay (with fiat or crypto) download, install and run, if it does not function or is totally different from what is advertised, I can ask for a refund and either the merchant will honor my request or they won't, but a smart contract cannot codify this type of arrangement.
I don't want to sound like a hater, and I think as a developer it seems pretty cool that you can start receiving funds on the web without relying on a 3rd party gatekeeper, but it seems like smart contracts have pretty limited uses (not that they are useless, just very specialized)
I don't want to sound like a hater, and I think as a developer it seems pretty cool that you can start receiving funds on the web without relying on a 3rd party gatekeeper, but it seems like smart contracts have pretty limited uses (not that they are useless, just very specialized)