I'm guessing they want to monitor API endpoints where you can monitor if the service is reachable but it still may not return 200 (ex. if it's not authenticated).
This kind of announcement needed to include "and today we're announcing native apps across all platforms". Honestly, the Slack app has become worse (not better) over time.
This is just so sad. I've used, paid for, and loved Dropbox for years and years. It is really worrying that anyone in the company felt it was OK to launch this rebrand.
I always hate the language used in blogs posts like this. Not saying I could write something much better... just painful to read the sugar-coated bad news.
you don't even require a connection, you can do an offline transaction, and it's still safer than a magnetic stripe, because duplicating a chip quickly is very hard.
Calling the bank to get an authorization is just an optional step in the process.