In many countries, paying for things using mobile phone (cellphone) apps is becoming increasingly common. Does the development have more advantages or more disadvantages?

The chart illustrates how many times humans in the USA used ready meals restaurants from 2003 to 2013. Overall, the percentage of
people
who went to these restaurants once a week and once or twice a month was higher in these 3 years, in comparison, those who went every day or those who never ate there accounted for the lowest proportion. In detail, the proportion of
people
who ate fast food once a week in 2003 and 2006 experienced just over 30% and 35% respectively,
then
dropped to around 25% in 2013,
however
, the percentage of those ( once or twice a month) accounted 30% in 2003,
then
that plunged to 25% in 2006, after that in 2013 there was a considerable increase over of 30%. The percentage of those
people
who went ( several times a week) changed intermittently from around 15% and 20% between 2003 and 2013, while those
people
who ate every day and never ate accounted for less than 5% in these 10 years.
By contrast
, those who were there a few times a year experienced over 10% in 2003,
then
rose to 10% in the
last
7 years.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • convenience
  • safety
  • security
  • time-saving
  • cashless transactions
  • dependence on technology
  • privacy concerns
  • accessibility issues
  • financial vulnerability
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