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‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I recently shared a meal with a female friend. Imagine how I'd look if I wasn't able to get money transferred from her, because of not having a mobile banking app.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Y'all not heard of cash?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hey, I usually like to have about 50 PLN (~$12.50) in my wallet, but you can't expect everyone to keep loads of cash on them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

In this thread we ask: Can we expect everyone to use a banking app either? How is that more reasonable, if one of them is democratically controlled and the other is corporate controlled?