I prefer paying with cash. But I don't keep the cash in my wallet--I hate wallets. But for my ATM card, various credit cards (used for large purposes), and driver's license, I'd go without a wallet. The one I currently use is a small one anyhow, intended as a business card holder.
Pick pockets aren't as common as they once were, at least in the U.S., but I never use my back pockets for anything. Even disregarding pick pockets, it's much easier to lose stuff that way, like when getting on and off a bus. So pocket space is at a premium for me, especially after I relented and bought a cell phone, which keep getting bigger and bigger. (And I would never keep my financial data on a cellphone, even if they promised it was safely embedded on a crypto chip... I just wouldn't trust them to have done it properly.)
Frankly, I think Plastc seems quite useful, at least superficially. The devil is in the details.
Pick pockets aren't as common as they once were, at least in the U.S., but I never use my back pockets for anything. Even disregarding pick pockets, it's much easier to lose stuff that way, like when getting on and off a bus. So pocket space is at a premium for me, especially after I relented and bought a cell phone, which keep getting bigger and bigger. (And I would never keep my financial data on a cellphone, even if they promised it was safely embedded on a crypto chip... I just wouldn't trust them to have done it properly.)
Frankly, I think Plastc seems quite useful, at least superficially. The devil is in the details.