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Re:Google Pay app will no longer be available by bsimpson on Friday February 23, 2024 @03:20AM (#39478188)
It's so sad when Android invents something truly useful and then abandons it, only to find Apple doing it a few years later.

The first culprit that comes to mind is swipe to the camera on the lockscreen - useful, but not Apple enough, so they delete it. Then, Apple ships it, but Google already deleted it.

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Re:Google Pay app will no longer be available by dcchambers on Friday February 23, 2024 @06:20PM (#39487412)
Wireless charging, face unlock, a bump-style sharing system, NFC, etc. Android did so much first, abandoned it after a year or two, only to see Apple introduce it as revolutionary.
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