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submitted 1 month ago by Argyle13@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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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[-] Nyadia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 71 points 1 month ago

I see this topic come up often in conversations about degoogled Android and it makes me wonder what if anything I'm missing out on by just using cash/card for payments, cause not once have I been at checkout and thought to myself "man, I wish I could do this with my phone instead" but people talk about this like it's almost a dealbreaker that makes it hard for them to seriously consider switching to Graphene or Lineage or whatever.

[-] root@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I agree, with the caveat that it's very nice to be able to pay with my phone/ watch if/when forget my wallet, rather than having to go back home to get it.

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