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Re:A big win for Android interoperability by close04 on Sunday August 02, 2026 @11:05AM (#49145318)
> Is this an AI response?

Probably not but you’re doing a bad job explaining what wanting to de-google your phone has to do with the choice of wireless payment methods.

It’s in the name, “de-googling”, not “de-attack-vectoring”. People want to break away from Google specifically. They’ll still use tap to pay because it’s convenient, secure enough, at least as private as any card/bank payment, and ideally not Google, which was what people de-googling want.

Re:A big win for Android interoperability by giantg2 on Sunday August 02, 2026 @11:37AM (#49145557)
Well, why do people want to de-google? Likely peivacy and security. There is significant overlap in that reasoning and not doing tap to pay.
Re:A big win for Android interoperability by close04 on Sunday August 02, 2026 @01:40PM (#49146556)
> There is significant overlap in that reasoning and not doing tap to pay.

Or using a (smart)phone, right? No need to go to extremes, cutting Google specifically is the win because they centralize the “spying”, not cutting the technology.

You’re stretching this for no good reason and trying to find a connection that doesn’t exist just to save your argument.