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You can walk down to a local Walmart and slap a $20 on the counter, walking away with funds even if you have no car and no credit card.
Hard for a teenager to get steam games without this.
I was not aware that could be a problem (had a debit card £ as a teen when online buying/downloading games started).
even if you have a debit card, in much of the world unless it’s a visa/mastercard it’s not going to be accepted in many places online
my debit card (in canada) uses interac. it’s accepted basically everywhere in physical stores, but online it’s pretty much useless if you don’t also have paypal (which is also not accepted everywhere a credit card would be)
That sucks. Hopefully something can change that :/
I'm hoping GNU Taler takes off.
I'll concede your point, though there are generic pre-paid cards that are not linked to a specific store.
Those have fees, though. Back when I didn't have a bank account, it was already over $5 per card, so I assume it's much higher 15 years later.