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Re:Decathlon Germany adds Wero payment option to decathlon.d... by nh2 on Monday July 27, 2026 @03:45PM (#49074672)
Im a German with a German Postbank account, living in Switzerland.

Wero app Play Store page: "This item isn't available in your country."

Hard to cheer for a thing when it prevents you to access your own money, and promises to "easily pay" immediately fall flat.

Paypal is bad but at least it doesn't fail at step 0.

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Re:Decathlon Germany adds Wero payment option to decathlon.d... by V__ on Monday July 27, 2026 @04:23PM (#49075069)
To be fair, how is Google blocking you from downloading an app, a Wero problem though?
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Re:Decathlon Germany adds Wero payment option to decathlon.d... by kfse on Monday July 27, 2026 @04:39PM (#49075221)
Country availability is a policy set up by the app publisher, not a Google policy
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Re:Decathlon Germany adds Wero payment option to decathlon.d... by tosti on Monday July 27, 2026 @05:05PM (#49075514)
Which is complete bullshit with the Euro having been specifically invented to be used across the EU.

I had a similar moment of stupidifiedment trying to park in Germany with a phone set to Dutch region. Euro in cash works everywhere Euros are accepted but apps on the freaking Internet? Nah, gotta restrict that to the publisher country only.

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Re:Decathlon Germany adds Wero payment option to decathlon.d... by tremon on Monday July 27, 2026 @05:20PM (#49075672)
Switzerland is not part of the EU nor the Eurozone though. It's still a shortsighted stance of Postbank not to open the app to at least the DACH region, but that specific argument carries little weight.
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Re:Decathlon Germany adds Wero payment option to decathlon.d... by tosti on Monday July 27, 2026 @05:23PM (#49075697)
I accidentally skipped that part :(
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Re:Decathlon Germany adds Wero payment option to decathlon.d... by kfse on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @01:28AM (#49079749)
I mean, there's some reason for it as EU countries have different laws and regulations, but yes, it's a dumb choice on the publisher's part
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Re:Decathlon Germany adds Wero payment option to decathlon.d... by jsnell on Monday July 27, 2026 @04:36PM (#49075190)
The publisher, in this case Postbank, decides what countries to allow installs from for an app. Google just enforces the policy the publisher sets.
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