> I only now realized that by using Apple Pay, they get at least my name and email address
This is not true
This is not true
https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/apple-pay/
> Information Shared When You Make a Payment
> When you begin a payment within an app, on the web, or within Apple Messages for Business using Apple Pay, to enable tax and shipping cost calculation your zip code, postal code, or other equivalent information is provided to the app, website, or merchant. After you authorize the payment, other information requested by the merchant, such as a device- or merchant-specific account number, your shipping address, or email address, is also provided.
No one is arguing that web merchants should accept cash. The commenter I replied to was referring to in person transactions
Further, the response is about a restaurant that has a website you have to use. The website offers Apple Pay as an option. If you pick it your email will be shared. It says so on the page itself.
> But it seems pretty clear why they are doing that: Besides saving some time for the waitstaff, I only now realized that by using Apple Pay, they get at least my name and email address…
In the case of a card not present transaction, the merchant always asks for your address when using credit cards. Also the original submission is about “cashless societies” and the disadvantage of it. No one is complaining about merchants refusing to take cash for web transactions.
> No one is complaining about merchants refusing to take cash for web transactions.
Agreed, but why does a restaurant have to be a web merchant when there is a much more convenient alternative available?
The checkout site did request my email address from Apple Pay, which obliges by default.