> Sometimes I want to buy something from a guy with the ice cream cart at the park.
The ice cream van that comes past our house is contactless card-only.
> Sometimes I need to tip ...
Ugh, tip culture!
> Sometimes I want to buy Girl Scout cookies from the girl with the table on the corner
She's probably got Square.
> Many of the late-night restaurants and food carts in my city are cash only.
Where they exist, they're more often card-only here.
This is not to say one is superior to the other, but it is very geographically and culturally dependent. If I had to choose to leave the house with either my Apple/Android-pay enabled phone or a pile of cash, the phone would get me a lot further in this country.
> Sometimes I want to buy something from a guy with the ice cream cart at the park.
The ice cream van that comes past our house is contactless card-only.
> Sometimes I need to tip ...
Ugh, tip culture!
> Sometimes I want to buy Girl Scout cookies from the girl with the table on the corner
She's probably got Square.
> Many of the late-night restaurants and food carts in my city are cash only.
Where they exist, they're more often card-only here.
This is not to say one is superior to the other, but it is very geographically and culturally dependent. If I had to choose to leave the house with either my Apple/Android-pay enabled phone or a pile of cash, the phone would get me a lot further in this country.