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Old Mar 19, 2022 | 8:09 pm
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Originally Posted by drvb
Last time I visited London and Ostrava (Slovakia) I could just hold my regular Visa/Mastercard against a wireless card reader whenever I wanted to pay for public transport. Now that is user friendly. I don't understand why so many cities make it harder than it has to be.
Hostage to specific vendor sole source contracts that keep a given transit agency captive to that vendor for eternity.

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