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by iksm 1026 days ago
One day or an other, your proprietary pocket tracker and his mandatory connectivity will fail. What if the device is broken (yah, go buy another) ? What if the upstream service don't work ? What if the GSM network is locally in maintenance ? Overall, why should we require obsolete-when-bought, extremely costly and polluting locked-down devices you don't even control to access public places ?

So why, any concrete response capable of holding up in practice ?
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llbeansandrice 1026 days ago
Not to discount the other issues, but apple wallet being offline is one of my favorite features and side-steps many of the issues related to connectivity of bandwidth issues when you're at a large event/venue.

It would be much better to have varied and robust options though.

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iksm 1026 days ago
Glad this feature works for you.

What works for me, if I need to pay something: I use my credit card (contactless under 50, over I need to type a code) or some bills which both are in my physical wallet (protected against rfid, it just looks as a normal wallet).

I don't see any benefits adding third parties to the mix apart the fashion of "Oh yeah I can pay with my tracker watch".

I just see that as really pathetic.

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