[thenthenthen]

These are everywhere in Europe. Not sure about Switzerland, but credit cards are not really owned or used in much of the Europe I know. I would call it a POS, point of sale (system), these things can read all kinda of cards. Nevertheless, nice write up!

[jajko]

Oh yes they are. I detest having to juggle all those cards in my wallet, already have tons for various reasons (not just payment stuff), so no room for ie debit ones.

Dont see the appeal of putting even more stuff into phone or ewatches (prefer good mechanical ones), losing it would be catastrophe enough as it is for privacy. But thats me.

[pjerem]

Actually, putting your card on your phone is a better protection against theft : they cannot be used without biometric identification, can be remotely revoked and you can still keep your plastic cards as backup.

I could easily live without it and I wouldn’t even consider it to be an important gesture for my next phone but it’s pretty useful when you have it.

Also, idk for Android but on iPhone it’s faster than plastic cards and more secure.

But I hope plastic cards are there to stay because that’s yet another thing locking us into the iOS/Android duopoly.