[jfghi]

Modern ways of living is more akin to using toilets. Cash isn’t an unnecessary artifact of ancient civilization that impedes progress.

[2000UltraDeluxe]

This. There's an energy crisis going on, and as late as a few days ago, Finnish news warned that there's a non-zero chance of rolling two-hour power outages as early as next week. If that happens, cash and paper invoices will be crucial to keep society running properly.

[Teandw]

Digitizing cash has moved civilization forward in ways we could never have dreamed of.

[EvanAnderson]

Indeed, I can’t imagine that any marketers from the past could have imagined the vast troves of data about consumers that are available to them today.

[t0bia_s]

Why do you need man in middle in your payments?

[Teandw]

Having a man in the middle of payments adds more benefits that it does cons.

[t0bia_s]

So you would make payments totally dependent on: - eletricity - smartphone - data signal - bank account - no privacy

Can you imagine that old people, homeless or even small kids that want buy a candy will not be able to buy anything?

Keep your benefits for yourself.