[peterspath]

Also clears the way to control how the digital euros can be spent.

No thanks.

Ideal/Wero is good.

Use my credit cards for larger online payments. Mainly because it has insurance and makes it easy to dispute something.

Last year a large Swedish clothing brand didn’t deliver 400 euros worth of clothing. They said they did. I have nothing. Customer service unhelpful. I disputed it with the bank where I have the credit card. The same day it was fixed.

[vrganj]

I'd rather have a democratically elected government in control than an unelected company that actively uses its power to censor things it doesnt like. [0]

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/29/mastercard-vis...

[peterspath]

Except that parts of the union are not democratic at all.

And in this specific case I kinda of agree with what they banned. And they are definitely not the only ones. Lots of financial institutions block these kind of things.

[vrganj]

That seems like a rather big statement to make without anything to back it up.

[fidotron]

This has been de facto true for a while, not that it improves the situation. Various EU countries have legal limits for the size of cash transactions, requiring you to do it via a bank.

The idea that people have private property does seem to be something governments are incredibly keen to erode.