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Re:A big win for Android interoperability by jorvi on Sunday August 02, 2026 @08:15AM (#49143793)
We had that for many years. But banks stopped supporting their own payment solutions because despite not having to pay commission to Google, it was more expensive to support their own solutions.

That should also tell you that almost any open source / non-profit solution is doomed to fail due to costs. What could work is if, just like the UnifiedAttestation initiative has commercial backing, Wero is expanded to also have its own NFC payment stack. The EU already forced Apple to open up NFC, so it is possible to do it for both iOS and Android.

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Re:A big win for Android interoperability by kelvinjps10 on Sunday August 02, 2026 @08:48AM (#49144103)
Would it be possible to build something that works at the os level? And is built in the system itself instead of depending on google services ? I mean I don’t think it requires internet access all the time
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Re:A big win for Android interoperability by ValdikSS on Sunday August 02, 2026 @04:40PM (#49148097)
Yes, Russian MIR system works this way.

https://glenbrook.com/payments_news/russias-mir-domestic-pay...

Just an application which emulates the card over NFC. No need to Google Play Services. It's been this way for ≈10 years I guess.

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