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A comment on Manchester’s hilarious attempt at reinventing London’s Oyster Card. Parent comment

Re:Manchester’s hilarious attempt at reinventing London’s Oy... by Symbiote on Sunday September 17, 2017 @05:21PM (#15271782)
That's not really fair to Transport for London, the government system they built (Oyster) is fast, simple, useful and profitable. And still the only one in the world to work with a normal contactless card (or phone).
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Re:Manchester’s hilarious attempt at reinventing London’s Oy... by mvid on Sunday September 17, 2017 @05:41PM (#15271858)
What do you mean? The vast majority of transit cards I've experienced work contactless
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Re:Manchester’s hilarious attempt at reinventing London’s Oy... by garblegarble on Sunday September 17, 2017 @06:11PM (#15271973)
I think the OP is stating that it's the only transit system that lets you use a contactless credit card / ApplePay / etc. rather than a dedicated transit card (I didn't realise no other transit system had that! It seems like such an easy win)
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