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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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[–] iamak@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Indian UPI System is a pretty great for this. I wish more countries adopted it/built something similar instead of relying on corporations.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh damn that's awesome go India.

You would hope tech like that would eventually propogate to the rest of the world but doesn't seem like anyone with money really cares about the wants and needs of consumers (and existing contactless systems already make it easier than ever for people to fork over their cash) so it probably won't