In the last year, I've been through over a dozen cities and used public transport in all of them. It is wild just how confusing and complex buying a ticket can be. While some cities obviously take a user-centred approach to ticketing, others appear to take a Kafkaesque delight in a bureaucratic maze of zones, apps, and intricate restrictions. One of the seminal texts in computer systems design…
I think a separate app used to replace the paper card on NFC -enabled phones but you still needed the app you used to top up even though in that case you are topping up the phone, not a paper card.
https://www.seat61.com/changing-stations-in-paris.htm#how-to-buy-metro-tickets explains the current situation.
ah, you’re right. on my iphone it would install the digital card to apple wallet, however you can also top up the card (or create one) from the apple wallet app with native integration, so still 1 app on ios. i guess android wallet doesn’t have this yet, that’s too bad
Oh it does and it’s now one app on Android too, as you can read on seat 61. I’ve no idea why Paris made it more complicated before.
when is before? this blog post is from 5 days ago
I don’t remember. Less than a year ago, if the blog post is accurate about its scope. It’s also likely that there is outdated instructions still online and it’s possible to install the old compatibility app unnecessarily.
yeah for sure, the site you posted recommends a different app than the one i used so they might serve slightly different but overlapping functions