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De-googled contactless payment? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by flashgnash@lemm.ee to c/technology

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I'm trying to move away from Google and other big tech corporations as much as I can without sacrificing practicality but it seems like the only way to make contactless payments is with stock android on a Google approved device.

Is there any alternative out there that would allow me to make contactless payments without these conditions met? (For example, if I put grapheneos on my phone)

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[–] noodlejetski 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

man, I wish. my bank's app used to have its own built-in contactless payment option (and it would even appear in Android's "default apps" section as a payment handler!) but then they moved to Google Pay "due to a popular demand" :/

[–] PenguinTD@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I personally feel this should be the way. But knowing how bank do their security I don't have faith in their software engineering as well. It's 2023 and in Canada most bank ATM still only have 4 digit pin and the online banking login protection are like lagging 10+ years behind.

[–] noodlejetski 1 points 1 year ago

I personally feel this should be the way.

I personally feel we could do away with Google trying to suck up data about every single purchase we perform

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

To be fair Google pay is pretty good and reliable in my experience and I've seen some really clunky implementations of contactless payment in own-brand apps