I disagree - I live&#x2F;work smack in the middle of Manhattan and I&#x27;m not really seeing a Square dominance in coffee shops around me.<p>Yes, every coffee shop needs their cool iPad credit card processing machine, but anecdotally I&#x27;m seeing more non-Square ones than Square ones.<p>The choice here isn&#x27;t between &quot;usable iPad thing made by Square&quot; vs. &quot;crappy 90s POS terminal&quot;, it&#x27;s &quot;usable iPad thing made by Square&quot; vs. &quot;other usable iPad thing made not by Square&quot;.<p>I think a huge issue here is that merchants care about the bottom line, and it turns out Square does not have a lock on producing reasonable hardware&#x2F;software around payment processing. Square may have invented the category but from where I stand they don&#x27;t look like they own it.