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Re:Credit Card Rewards Became a $9.2B Wealth Transfer by skinfaxi on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @08:53AM (#49433183)
It's a world of difference if one of them gets stolen vs the other.
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Re:Credit Card Rewards Became a $9.2B Wealth Transfer by paxys on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @09:11AM (#49433424)
In that case a credit card is actually significantly better than debit
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Re:Credit Card Rewards Became a $9.2B Wealth Transfer by skinfaxi on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @09:19AM (#49433550)
Yes that was my point. A debit card stolen from you hits harder than some numbers in a database going down when you can't pay your rent.
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