he deliberately did not write because the reason turned out to be that I also just remembered that in my country bitcoin as a means of direct payment is not yet legal.
I wonder how many merchants are afraid to publicly disclose that they are accepting cryptocurrency payments. The number must be huge.
Many merchants probably don't want to reveal that they accept crypto, because of some sort of "crypto is a scam" stigma, which might hurt their legitimacy. I would never ask any shop owner about whether or not he accepts crypto payments. Maybe I would feel embarrassed to ask.
Anyway, I don't use BTC for daily payments, because I'm a hardcore HODLer and the amount of merchants accepting BTC in my town is close to zero. I know that without even asking them. The people in my town aren't tech savvy.