Also lmfao why do only some of the ticket machines accept bills, smdh, had to wait in line for an appropriate one to be free
...even tho they have their own equivalent card called "Pasmo." Suica even works in certain other Japanese cities w their own cards
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Competition bw diff city's IC systems is kinda like competition bw diff city's coinage back in Renaissance Italy or Classical Greece
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The richer and more influential your city, the more widely accepted its payment medium is
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really surprised that "free banking" economists haven't picked up on this, seems like a classic modern example of their stuff
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While London, being behind the curve, buys in its payment services instead of selling them?
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Still, it's not as inefficient as smartcards in the rest of the country where you still get a paper ticket when you use them
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