No one said it did? It's a service that I find great value in, and one that I had given up for a time and enjoy having access to again.

Everyone has their limit, this one is presently mine.

Thanks, I had seen this but Curve is UK specific.

On the one hand, I admit this is kind of objectively silly behavior.

On the other, I think it’s valuable to consider these things and the role they play in consumer/user behavior. Convenience is undeniably a major/the primary reason many users don’t do what’s best for them.

Same here: I pay contactless with a Garmin vivoactive3. It cost $30 on Craigslist, runs for ~3 days without charging. My thought was that Garmin has less "ecosystem" and is less likely to be monetizing purchase history, vs. Samsung... but I don't have any inside info.

I have the GarminConnect app in my "Google Crapola" profile, and for a few months I even deleted the app, and tap-to-pay on the watch kept working.

Oh, that's a hot tip. I didn't know the watches could handle tap to pay independent of the phone.

... Though I'm awaiting a new pebble, not sure I'd like to dual wield watches.