Eiri

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[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Dang it. I had forgotten that most debit cards now have partnerships like that.

However, remember that debit card transaction fees are typically quite a bit lower (no exact numbers to support my claim, but for instance my hairdresser only takes credit for larger payments; small ones she only accepts debit, or she would just lose too much to the credit card company).

So you wouldn't NOT support MasterCard/Visa, but they WOULD receive less money.

As for non-American credit cards, someone asked a similar question on Reddit and got technically valid but unsatisfying responses.

For instance:

https://www.reddit.com/r/amexcanada/comments/1j31ir0/comment/mfwmz5y/

Like, when they say "don't encourage the US" people don't typically mean jumping to Chinese companies instead. Not to mention UnionPay is definitely not as widely supported as Visa or MasterCard.

And while Japan isn't exactly notorious for its human rights violations these days, I kinda doubt JCB cards would be very widely supported. And could you even get one if you're not Japanese?

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Debit card maybe?

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oof, sounds like we really need a new, better put together version of the protocol. I wonder if the W3C would be good to do that.

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

Sounds like the protocol needs an upgrade if people are doing funny stuff like that. No?

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It was always a mystery that they maintained two features with basically the same function in parallel for so long. Hopefully they made it better than the last time I gave it a try, because otherwise, oof.

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

Aw. Wish that worked on mobile.

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (3 children)

They will truly do anything not to admit the problem is cars

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'd never questioned it before now, but ... How come the towers move? Who had that idea?

The jesters moving diagonally because they're whimsical I guess but the towers are quite odd.