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Re:Apple Pay’s long road to paying off is getting shorter by cameronh90 on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @12:34PM (#35702817)
In London at least, few people use cards any more. People often still call phone payment card payment though - I guess people have mostly figured out it's the same underlying mechanism. Personally, I still carry a card in case my phone runs out of battery, but I keep it in the bottom of my backpack.

If only Android had a way to pay if the phone was out of battery I could dump the cards entirely.

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Re:Apple Pay’s long road to paying off is getting shorter by B2B_human on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @01:56PM (#35704197)
Incredibly, my iPhone died while walking in NYC, but was still able to use the transit card at a gate. It goes into a low power mode that still has the payment/transit card powered.
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Re:Apple Pay’s long road to paying off is getting shorter by cameronh90 on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @05:30PM (#35707001)
Indeed. Android currently lacks that feature but without it I don't feel confident in going completely plastic free.

Perhaps at some point batteries will get so good that running out of battery just won't be a concern any more.

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