On: How Apple’s Lightning-Plug Guru Reinvented Square’s Card Reader

[jrockway]

I appreciate the attention to detail.

> You have to make the swipe feel satisfying; you have to make it ready [sic] accurately enough that it works the first, every time.

I don't think you have to do this. I've used a number of card readers that didn't read my card the first time (or the second, or the third), and that didn't feel good at all. They still collected my money successfully :)

[pseut → jrockway]

Sort of, but if you think about some of the businesses that use this, three or four swipes can mean longer lines at peak times, which can make some people decide to go somewhere else.

So they may not successfully collect money from people at the end of the line.