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• swizzlestick@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Was about to say, £s not pence :) 50s will also out you as a tourist, if nothing else does. Whereabouts are you planning to visit? Just London for the touristy stuff or going for more of an explore?

  As mentioned above, electronic payments are now the norm here and have been for ages. Shouldn’t have any problems using a phone or contactless card to pay in most places. Chip/PIN covers most everything else & when you get prompted to insert the card as a security check after trying contactless.

  Swipe & sign is possible last time I checked, but pretty much defunct with chip/PIN being readily available. Cash only places are rare and usually associated with food or drugs.

  .zip isn’t blocking UK access via apps/api, but it is for browsers. I like VPNs and supporting my home instance, so here I am :)

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  • arudesalad@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m already in the uk, but with a question as silly as mine it makes sense why you thought I would be another tourist

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    • swizzlestick@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Nah - I just can’t address a question to the right user, you’re all good haha

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