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Cash could be almost gone in Australia in a decade (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 2 years ago by Tau@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone

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[–] withersailor@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Some places are no longer accepting cash.

[–] surreptitiouswalk@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

I've actually gone back to using cash when most merchants are Charing a 1.5% card fee. Fuck that shit.

[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Without the establishment of a comparable (in terms of barrier to entry and ease of use) privacy respecting alternative, the complete disappearance of cash is a problem. I don't use it for many transactions myself, but others should absolutely have the right to opt out if they so choose.

[–] repomonkey@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

The central issue is control. I'm happy to use EFTPOS but would definitely not want to see cash disappear as it's not something governments can easily track and/or move.

[–] TiredSpider@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I really wish there was a properly private digital currency that wasn't crypto. I hate using physical money ever since covid hit, it's just so dirty.

[–] goat@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 years ago

just spit on your money to make it your germs