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This is a topic that always fascinates me on HN.

HN typically is in favour of privacy, and against surveillance. Then is equally enthusiastic about cashless apps which have a transaction record for every tiny amount. I don't understand :)

I'll generally buy most day to day items with cash and a card just for online. I don't find it any way inconvenient - there's an ATM at the supermarket and near all the shops I visit.

Amongst children and friends I don't see any evidence of a move to cashless either. They'll still take notes for a night out and make sure to leave enough for the cab home, or go to the hole in the wall first. They'll use a bank app to pay back a random £20 borrowed.



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