Pay securely with an Android smartphone, completely without Google services: This is the plan being developed by the newly founded industry consortium led by the German Volla Systeme GmbH. It is an open-source alternative to Google Play Integrity. This proprietary interface decides on Android smartphones with Google Play services whether banking, government, or wallet apps are allowed to run on a smartphone.

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[–] zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Why not just use cash? Untraceable, nearly ubiquitous acceptance, are they just too lazy to go to the bank?

[–] 20dogs@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A lot of places don't take cash.

[–] zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Well luckily that hasn't been my experience. Only time I ever saw that was at the hight of the pandemic our local computer shop didn't.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

in some countries it's fallen out of fashion. in others, people are too lazy to bring a slim wallet with themselves and select the bills and coins every time they want to spend