Fortunately unlike you I'm not frightened, and I've never listened to deranged conspiracy theorists. I'm happy being cashless and that's the way it'll stay.
Nothing to wake up to mate. I use QR code PromptPay in Thailand. No bank charges. I hate carrying cash. I just find it odd that the only place I use cash is the 1900 baht I pay to immigration each year for my visa extension.
Getting the banks to come to the party is the problem. They'll want a cut of the 300baht. QR code PromptPay works brilliantly in Thailand, so I don't know why the government won't accept that or one of the other methods of cashless payments. Let's face it, Thailand is almost cashless now, but immigration still won't move with the times
Have to agree with you on the Elite. I'm sure there's a lot of people who bought the Elite after the price increase would be fuming now. I get your reasons for the LTR as you're in and out more frequently than I am so that suits you, and over ten years the cost between the two would be more comparable. I'm surprised the Thai government didn't make the DTV 20,000 baht - they still would have sold almost the same amount, and made more baht out of it. I think they've undersold it to be honest