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That's a weird take. A system is better because it's free?
I re-read your comment and I missed the fact that you said online buying, sorry about that.
One advantage of traditional CC over Bitcoin is buyer insurance against fraud. If someone gets a hold of your Bitcoin wallet, he can take out everything and you have no recourse.
If someone steal your credit card and make fraudulent purchases, the transactions will be cancelled and you won't be left on the hook.
you're wrong for valuing peace of mind.
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That's credit, most online purchases are made with debit cards.
That's debit as well. I have protection against fraud on my debit card.
The credit companies do not insure against fraud, they simply take the money out of the merchant account and put it back into yours. Now it's the merchant who has no recourse, if they have already shipped the product. So the only difference between CC and crypto is who is typically left holding an empty bag in case of theft - the payer or the payee. Certainly not the banks!
I'd argue in terms of assigning responsibility, it seems more fair to expect you the customer to keep your digital wallet secure from thieves, than to expect the merchant to try guess every time whether the visitor to their online store happens to be using a stolen credit card.