Does cashless society discriminate against the poor and elderly? (2019)

Re:Does cashless society discriminate against the poor and e... by lxgr on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @10:02AM (#33247277)

Yes, and I was adding to that comment, mentioning restaurants using QR codes not just for menus, but also for payments. This effectively makes restaurants using this system card-not-present merchants.

> No one is complaining about merchants refusing to take cash for web transactions.

Agreed, but why does a restaurant have to be a web merchant when there is a much more convenient alternative available?

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Re:Does cashless society discriminate against the poor and e... by scarface74 on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @02:43PM (#33252004)

I have never been to a restaurant that requires you to give them an address for card present transactions.

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Re:Does cashless society discriminate against the poor and e... by lxgr on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @02:48PM (#33252074)

Me neither. I am talking about a card-not-present transaction at a restaurant.

The checkout site did request my email address from Apple Pay, which obliges by default.

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Re:Does cashless society discriminate against the poor and e... by scarface74 on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @03:14PM (#33252438)

If that were the case what happens when you give them a physical card? Do they also ask for your address? That would be amazingly slow

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