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[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There's also

Cash purchases are private
Cash purchases don't incur merchant fees for the retailer
Cash/Card purchases don't deliver money to American big tech.
You can use GrapheneOS if you get rid of Google Pay.

[–] SweepTheLeg@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

IDs are on phones now in a bunch of states and i haven't carried cash in 20 years. Half the places around here don't even take cash anymore.

Ive never had my phone die on me either.

If we want adoption this needs a solution.