[tadfisher]

Progress, as in, you've gained the privilege of third parties tracking every payment and every bill you've split with friends, sure.

Let's be realistic; payment services are convenient, but not advantageous in every single way.

[tensor]

I don’t have an issue with my bank tracking my purchases. In fact I like it. Not everyone wants to live in a constant state of looking over your shoulder. If we’ve reached that point the problem is not the banks, but the other parties. Going back to old technology is not a solution I want. Regulating the problem areas would be better.

[microtonal]

Fully agree, I like not having to deal with cache. Fully digital payments and contactless payment are so much nicer than cash (in my opinion). I just want to be able to do contactless payments on my GrapheneOS phone and not get locked out of it because Google decided it's a good way of forcing out competition.