alt Hacker NewsNo it’s not, all of my and my extended family cards (for… like a decade!) are never even leave the envelope they come in. I’m not sure I personally know people who use physical cards over Google or Apple Pay. I have seen the cards being used in the wild, of course. But I’m having hard time remembering anyone I personally know who does that.
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You need them in some scenarios. For example, lots of car rental companies refuse to take anything but a physical card.
So, the argument is that it is popular? I'm not arguing against that...
That people trade anything for even just perceived convenience? That isn't news either, but it does explain a lot of the sad state of affairs we are struggling with today.
> I’m not sure I personally know people who use physical cards over Google or Apple Pay.
You live in a pretty weird bubble. (And I live in San Francisco, so I know about weird bubbles.)
How strange that culture is so different in different places. You can just start using them, though. Literally just swipe your card whenever you would swipe your phone.
Do you guys not have wallets with card slots?