@futurebird I watched a friend contort his wrists into a series of increasingly awkward shapes to try and get his smart watch in the right position on the pad to pay for his drinks in the bar last night, and had to conclude that the future may be here but it looks hellishly uncomfortable
@futurebird I think maybe card readers are still catching up with the technology. I guess public transit readers are designed to get people through the gates as quickly and efficiently as possible, whereas the bar had a card reader that was sort of between the bartop and a till screen, easy enough to get a card held in a hand onto, but not the width of a watch plus wrist
@afewbugs idk as someone with some mobility issues I find the watch much easier than getting my phone or wallet out. And really it shouldn’t need to be that close to the reader to work. But at the MTA has their readers in watch friendly orientations.