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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by abeyer on Saturday April 29, 2017 @05:11PM (#14228769)
Last i checked the android app refuses to run on hardware without nfc, even for the features that don't require it. Maybe it's an option if you have the right phone, or if it lets you do payments on desktop. (haven't tried the latter)
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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by dragonwriter on Saturday April 29, 2017 @11:21PM (#14230014)
AFAIK, the Google Wallet app doesn't, anymore, have any features that require or use NFC (tap-and-pay did, but that moved years ago to Android Pay.)

Plus, not only can you do everything "on desktop", you can do it on web generally; the browser version works great on phones.

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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by abeyer on Sunday April 30, 2017 @05:53PM (#14234061)
Good to know...I thought that the classic Wallet app went away entirely, as I recall being forced to "upgrade" it to Android Pay when it came out, and in the process lost the features I actually used, so didn't pay much attention after that.
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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by loeg on Saturday April 29, 2017 @05:15PM (#14228792)
I've only tried to use it on a real computer.
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Re:If you opened your PayPal account before you were 18, clo... by zem on Saturday April 29, 2017 @09:09PM (#14229668)
it works beautifully on desktop
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