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every single transportation system that uses disposable nfc are definitely making a ton of money for the vendor.

and every transportation system that pretends to run as a profit center and not a cost center also makes ton of money for the vendors.

[Tijdreiziger]

In the systems I’ve ridden, there’s usually some kind of plastic stored-value card for regular riders, and the (more expensive) disposable tickets are only used by occasional riders.

[Symbiote]

A system I used in China had NFC plastic coins for occasional use, which were collected and refused by the exit barrier.

[thriftwy]

Building roads and selling cars, though, also makes an awful lot of money for the vendors.