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I prefer mobile pay. But don’t usually leave my traditional forms of payment at home.
Seems similar.
I have 5 phones, and only one has the NFC feature, and it's on its third screen, that's busted into a zillion pieces and not suitable to carry with me.
I'm not too keen on anything I need to outright rely on being stored on eggshell technology.
Besides, you do realize hackers can just bump into you in the store and steal your money wirelessly right?
Maybe you should try buying a better phone? Or not awful knockoff screens from ebay. Nicer phones do legitimately have MUCH more durable screens. So even though the bezel might be thin the screen can handle drops a lot better.
I don't even care, I've never bought a phone before. I wouldn't even have one if other people didn't insist on getting me one. Hence, I have more phones than I need.
And my best tech phone is also the most damaged, the one I'm using right now. It has 44 sensors including LIDAR, but the replaced front screen is busted now (don't let anyone lie to you and say Gorilla Glass is invincible, it most certainly isn't, my bare palm broke it), the back glass is busted, the battery is worn pretty well, and the logic board is blacklisted, so it's WiFi only anyways.
I've literally never bought a phone before, I never wanted one in the first place. I'm naturally a desktop/laptop sort of guy, it's just family, friends and employers that insist I have a phone.
Wonder why I have more of a tendency to break phones? I've spent years riding BMX flatland, and a couple decades working on vehicles and bicycles.
Do you know what it's like to get a phone call while your hands are covered in engine oil? Or just simply riding a bicycle down the street, listening to music on your phone, and a simple speedbump makes your phone slip out of your pocket and hit the pavement?
I like technology that lasts a long time and doesn't have to be treated like an eggshell.
lol what?
Please link a single example of someone stealing from Apple Pay by bumping into a user.
I'm not even gonna bother, there's a reason our boss bought us Faraday cage wallets and phone cases for Christmas. Ever heard of a Flipper Zero?
What's your blood pressure like? You seem like you're afraid of your own shadow.
135/65 after riding my BMX bike around 10 miles.
If you were in my shoes and your bank denied direct deposit tax returns into your own bank account, you'd have trust issues with any sort of digital money transfer too.
I'm not scared of shit, I'm aware of my surroundings and how the system has fucked me over. I've never had that sort of problem with physical paper cash money and checks.
Even the bank manager couldn't explain why their own damn bank denied my tax return deposit. I did end up getting my tax return though, but via physical paper check instead, since fuck digital money, it's never worked for me.
Paper works fine though.