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Cash App Turns Credit Card Into a Toy, Grown Men Deeply Jealous
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Cash App Turns Credit Card Into a Toy, Grown Men Deeply Jealous

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Jack Dorsey and the team at Cash App have invented a whole new way to pay for things: Magic . Well, okay, not magic, exactly. But a Magic Wand accessory! And, okay, it’s not actually new at all; it’s just an existing technology inserted into a different piece of plastic. But it’s a new… shape? Maybe? Look, whatever stage of capitalism we’re in necessitates making paying for things more appealing to children, so here we are. Anyway, they put an NFC chip in a toy wand. Tada! It’s dumb. The actual product here is something Cash App is calling Tags, and it puts a payment chip in an accessory (in this case, a wand) and allows users to connect their payment card and tap to pay with the toy. In a press release, the company claimed it is “designed to match the way Gen Z expresses their style and identity,” and “built for on-the-go payments and also shine in situations where phones aren’t allowed or cumbersome to pull out.” Truly, that’s a situation people are running into constantly, and it requires a solution.…

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