• Emerald@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    What even is the purpose of Google Pay? I don’t know anyone who actually uses it but some people act like its a necessity? We have cards that you can just tap these days. Isnt that making Google and Apple Pay useless?

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      7 months ago

      It allows you to pay with your phone? I don’t even carry a wallet around anymore, just my phone.

      I don’t know where you’re from, but in the UK it’s pretty common to pay with Google Pay or Apple Pay. Even had the advantage of allowing you to pay a higher amount than you could with a contactless card.

    • can@sh.itjust.works
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      7 months ago

      The point is not needing your card. Where I’m from using apple/google/Samsung pay is very popular. Many young people don’t even regularly carry their wallet.