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[–] tristynalxander@mander.xyz 10 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Yeah, there are no quarters. The app connects via bluetooth, but you also have to have location and data on. To be fair, quarters were a persistent pain with the banks not wanting to trade money if I didn't have an account, so ups and downs.