10 sats \ 5 replies \ @franzap OP 26 Jun 2023 \ on: Help me choose a Linux laptop tech
System76 pissed me off.
Not a single FAQ or anything related to payment methods. I had to add to cart, sign up, provide a telephone number, valid address, etc... just to know which payment methods they accept.
Which is only stupid fiat cards. They only sell online so there's not even the option to pay with cash.
And then the icing on the cake: https://safereddit.com/r/System76/comments/13ksaww/does_system76_accept_bitcoin_yet/ , their Reddit page full of retard comments.
I'm not rich but I've been living on a bitcoin standard with no fiat income since 2013. Want to know how?
Credit cards (yes, stupid fiat ones) have been my layer two this whole time. I buy anything and everything I need, pay the rent, hospital bills, taxes, you name it, and even get rewards points for all those purchases. Then when it's time to pay the credit card bill I use cashapp to trade my coin for enough fiat to pay that and then pay it with the bank routing info, instantly, all inside cashapp. Never actually touch fiat, just one coin sale per month.
Stop the credit card hate, it's a very useful tool until lightning is accepted everywhere.
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Nice! I like cash app too. Not completely related, but I’ve started messing with Strike because I wanted to shift my DCA buy from daily to every minute.
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Appreciate your point of view. What if I didn't have access to cards?
This "reward points" thing sounds very American. I am not American. I don't have access to services like Fold or Cash App.
Maybe, just maybe, it's the banks and some regulated institutions that started hating me first.
In addition - I don't need my name scattered around associated with all kinds of purchases. In exchange for what, a few "points"?
I don't blame you for doing that but you need to recognize that some of us care about privacy, and might not be in the exact same regulatory condition as you.
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Touche. I'll give you a hall pass to hate all the credit card companies you want.
They're only useful for those of us lucky enough to be offered them, of course. Still, I can't wait to cut mine up after lightning spreads to all the service providers I use.
Strike just rolled out in a bunch of new countries, are you able to get one of those cards yet?
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I think there is Strike in my country but not sure about the card
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