Re:LibreTaxi – A free and open source alternative to Uber an...
by a012 on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @07:44AM
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I suppose it's because it takes time to implement credit card transactions securely and properly, and it could increase fare as well. Here in Southeast Asia Malaysian startup Grab have cash only first then added cards years later and just recently.
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Re:LibreTaxi – A free and open source alternative to Uber an...
by ajdlinux on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @07:50AM
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It's not particularly hard to interface with an external payment processor like PayPal, Stripe, etc.
The situation in most Asian countries is a bit different from markets like the US or Australia. Here in Australia, I use cash maybe once every two weeks, it's very rare for me to have more than $30-40 in my wallet - I often have no cash at all.
I suspect the real reason here is that credit cards aren't anonymous and are contrary to the ethos of the author here.