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Old Aug 19, 2019 | 8:37 am
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Originally Posted by returnoftheyeti
Yeah, I know, sigh. Visiting London just reminds me how far behind the US really is regarding most things.

Immigration, wave your passport at a machine
Transport to the city, $2.00 USD and use Apple Pay
Apple Pay at all the restaurants.

Etc...
At least most mass transit already uses NFC-type cards (albeit not open loop like in London and elsewhere) and BART and NYC are going away from magnetic stripe, so there's that?
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