I’ve been working in the last few years of getting rid of big tech services. PayPal and Amazon are left. I’ve been questioning the need for PayPal in a world of virtual credit cards. My main reason for using it was security of purchase but I feel this need is no longer there. BTW, equivalent EU service to PayPal that is equally well accepted? Feels like this one may be more difficult to satisfy.

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    5 months ago

    Keep up the good work. I don’t know what you need. Mostly I get by cash, Dankort (Danish “credit” card) or Visa in some rare situations. Don’t buy anything from Amazon anymore.

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      5 months ago

      God I love dankort, amazing system. Really wished more people in DK made use of it. Britain selling their own card system out to MasterCard was a actual crime against the population. Apparently cash usage in DK has crashed since I was last there 5 years ago though : (.

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        5 months ago

        Yeah - companies are, sadly, breaking the law here, and some refuses to take cash… But we are quite a few who stubbornly cling to cash.

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          5 months ago

          Really annoying when companies do that, unfortunately here they’re allowed to as legal tender is basically meaningless.

          Also just reminded me I have a few 1000kr notes I really need to pay into a bank next time im over there.