• w3dd1e@lemmy.zip
      44·
      3 days ago

      In my car, and I only take it inside when I know I’m going to need it.

      I am someone who loses things. I don’t even have keys at this point. I have a pin pad lock my door.

      The less things I carry, the less things I lose.

      • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
        25·
        3 days ago

        So if you get pulled over, you’ll give your unlocked phone to a cop?

        Oh, honey…

        (Not necessarily “you,” rather anyone who keeps their ID in their phone. Unless you mean a phone case that has an ID slot?)

        • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zipEnglish
          9·
          3 days ago

          I feel the same, but I do think a lot of those id programs will work on the lock screen.

          Still wouldn’t hand a cop my phone.

        • Willy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          14·
          3 days ago

          It’s not unlocked. It’s tap to scan just like a credit card. Though there’s no law here that you need to carry a license anyway. There isn’t most places as far as I know, but I do carry a physical id when going out of state.

      • ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org
        29·
        3 days ago

        I recently saw my sister (18, > 15 years younger than me) doing this and it made me so unbelievably anxious. Like, don’t you care that IF you lose that thing you lost every fucking thing? The thought of all the bureaucracy gives me the sweats…

        Edit to add: I’m from Germany. I need to carry a variety of plastic cards.

            • zloubida@sh.itjust.works
              12·
              3 days ago

              The only thing I had to block was my credit card. I did do it with my smartphone, but I could have done that from a computer. I’m a millenial but I just don’t trust my phone, like a boomer. I’m the kind of guy who still uses checks regularly (although it’s kind of a cultural thing, Frenchies do love their checks).

          • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
            31·
            3 days ago

            actually worse because now any random person has your ID and cards… not much someone can do with a phone to extract your info… and getting a digital ID back is usually just a matter of logging in again: no cancelling cards, requesting replacements, potentially paying fees

        • Pup Biru@aussie.zoneEnglish
          31·
          3 days ago

          you still have a physical ID at home… you just don’t carry it around so it can be lost or damaged

          i’ve lost my ID plenty… i’ve never lost a phone, and even if i did it’s trackable, and the ID is secure so it can’t be sold for identity theft

          and getting the license back even if the phone is completely lost or damaged beyond repair is just logging into the app again; no bureaucracy

        • Willy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          11·
          3 days ago

          No, I mean it’s all digital. Back in the day though I had one of those phone wallets though. Still have one for traveling out of state. Idk. In ~25 years I’ve never lost either. Knock on wood.

  • Barbuzie@lemmy.world
    43·
    3 days ago

    Well, I’m a millennial and a few days ago I saw a guy paying for his lunch with his watch. Needless to say, I was horrified

    • hayvan@piefed.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      I would like to use my watch for payments more, but a lot of PoS devices here still work only with card NFC, not GooglePay etc. NFC.

  • Catoklysm@thelemmy.club
    1·
    2 days ago

    I’m gen Z and I got a wallet but it’s only as big as a card so it only holds cards putting anything else in is a hopeless attempt

  • boraginoru@lemmy.zip
    6·
    3 days ago

    The other day I saw a guy struggle for 2+ mins trying to scan his membership card on his phone to activate a gas pump. Meanwhile cars were lining up behind him, he was super flustered and eventually he had to pull around to the back of the line to try again. Have fun with your phone apps but that shit ain’t for me, I’ll just be an old dude carrying my cards around

  • Luccus@feddit.org
    12·
    3 days ago

    [Imagine the ‘into the square hole’ format]

    Where does the dept go? Into the phone.
    Where do friends go? Into the phone.
    Where does politics go? Into the phone.
    Where does biometrics go? Into the phone.
    Where does 2FA come from? From the phone.
    Where does 2FA go? Into the phone.

  • CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world
    14·
    3 days ago

    I’m in my 50s and don’t have a wallet. Only my phone. I can conjure up a wallet if I have to, but it’s not a normal thing for me. My watch is analog. License is on the My Colorado app.

  • glimse@lemmy.world
    7·
    3 days ago

    I cut a thin piece of leather, folded it, and sewed up 2 of the sides. It holds my license, credit card, Costco card, and a folded up $20. Pretty much unnoticeable in my pocket

  • Cruxifux@feddit.nl
    71·
    3 days ago

    I’m a millennial. I dont carry a wallet but I have a wallet style phone case where I keep my cash and cards. Is that what they mean or does my phone wallet count?

  • eighty@aussie.zoneEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

    To me it seems like it’s up to what you prioritize. If you prioritize convenience, nothing can beat one thing to keep track of – especially if it’s the one thing you spend all your time on (easy to track, and less likely to lose because you spend too much time on it).

    I’m from that small slice between proper millennial and gen Z (94-98), where we experienced the social media and smart technology boom during our teenage years. I directly experienced the rapid shifts and pressure to use all the trendiest social medias, smart appliances and the accompanying apps, cheap streaming services, easy shopping, every device using the same usb standard, dynamic smartphone designs, touch payment etc. During that time and uni, I would’ve jumped at the chance to coalesce everything onto one device, but couldn’t because the infrastructure wasn’t there. We were technologically “naive”, thinking technology would only become increasingly more convenient without having any trade-offs.

    But now, we are all aware of the negative consequences, politics, and burdens of being reliant on these services and infrastructure from the technological monopolies. Half the conversations with my friends of this age group end up being about what trade-offs we’re willing to put up with for convenience while losing privacy, security, and autonomy. Gen Z grew up with this infrastructure in place and are readily entrapped in it (to no fault of their own). Of course they’re going to notice a wallet when they use a more convenient option, because the alternative isn’t something they personally experienced nor needed.

    Unfortunately, this leaves them vulnerable to the whims of the private companies who control the infrastructure and social media – surcharges on touch payments, increasing costs of streaming, not owning media (games, movies), subscriptions everywhere, social media and smartphone addiction. We’re seeing a trend of people choosing away from the convenient option towards privacy and autonomy. . Unless it’s an open standard and I have a readily available alternative, I don’t use it on my smartphone – hence the wallet.

  • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

    I’m late GenX, i have a wallet lying around, but it doesn’t leave home if it isn’t specifically needed. Most of the time my phone is enough.

  • Caveman@lemmy.world
    1·
    3 days ago

    I can’t wait to get rid of my small satchel bag, currently I just have a small leather coin purse that can fit folded bills into for an small stack of cash but I need to keep my passport on me to often as a foreigner with a residency.