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Re:Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach by ams6110 on Saturday September 09, 2017 @01:30PM (#15208073)
> why normally anti-establishment and "leave me alone" Americans so sheepishly agree to be involved

Because it's a private system, and it's at least theoretically voluntary. Nobody forces you to get credit cards or borrow money.

Credit cards are immensely convenient. I hardly ever carry cash anymore. I buy everything from coffee to lunch to groceries to gasoline using credit cards, and pay the balance every month. If I had to make arrangements to always carry cash to cover those sorts of expenses, it would be frustrating.

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Re:Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach by umanwizard on Saturday September 09, 2017 @01:34PM (#15208099)
Can't you use a debit card?
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Re:Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach by tayo42 on Saturday September 09, 2017 @02:16PM (#15208366)
Debit cards dont have the same protection as credit cards.
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Re:Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach by Larrikin on Saturday September 09, 2017 @02:35PM (#15208483)
In the current system paying cash out with a debit card means you are losing money. Most businesses charge the same no matter what method you pay with, but credit cards are usually the only way to get part of that profit.

I've seen a slight increase in debit card rewards, like with Yelp, airline company dining rewards, and BoA rewards, but those are for the most part random and need to be planned spends. My credit cards will always reward me for using them.

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Re:Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach by howlgram on Saturday September 09, 2017 @02:54PM (#15208582)
Please tell me why, i don't get it
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Re:Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach by tayo42 on Saturday September 09, 2017 @05:45PM (#15209319)
Chargebacks and protection and against fraud are the biggest reasons I think.
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Re:Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach by howlgram on Saturday September 09, 2017 @02:57PM (#15208598)
Why? Please explain.
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Re:Apache Struts Statement on Equifax Security Breach by user5994461 on Saturday September 09, 2017 @01:48PM (#15208194)
Credit cards is also a crazy system invented by Americans to screw themselves.
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