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		limagnolia 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Not paying with cash A few years ago, while I was in Japan visiting, they ran out of SUICA cards and visitors arriving couldn't get them. Left a lot of folks in a real bind. Fortunately I had already had cards for my family- and when we left we returned them for the deposit so they could be re-used, but they had a shortage for a few years! They should have used standard NFC, but being an early adopter has its downsides I guess.

politelemon 4 months ago [–]

Not necessarily about being an early adopter, it's that they remained inflexible despite adopting a flexible technology.

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