I agree about cash, but we are talking about a luxury experience. In fact, GrapheneOS has talked about it [1].

> So the lack of contactless payment on GrapheneOS may be inconvenient, but is it consistent with a privacy stance

I doubt you're implying this, but GrapheneOS doesn't break contactless, Google does by blocking GrapheneOS. Contactless works with curve and paypal in Europe.

[1] https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/117249893761790371

"Moving from cash to credit cards, PayPal, etc. is an ongoing privacy disaster."