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by Izkata 1135 days ago
Until your battery dies, or the app fails.

A co-worker had to skip lunch last month because he relied on his phone for payments and the app wouldn't let him pay - no explanation given. I keep critical stuff like payment methods separate and have no plans to stop carrying a wallet because of stuff like this.

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It's amazing to me that people who work closely with software are happy to introduce a software powered single point of failure in their ability to function.
> Until your battery dies, or the app fails.

Or the phone falls on the sidewalk and the screen cracks rendering the entire phone useless.