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The Google Pay app is shutting down in the US (www.androidpolice.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Literally the only feature I use on it is getting sunset.

[–] Telodzrum 10 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Use your bank. Stop giving the world’s largest advertising company more data about you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yes, give your data to the bank where they will spend it on drugs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

US citizens using their bank account to transfer fund to each other [impossible]

This is because sharing bank account and routing number is not safe for many US banks which may allow unauthorized party to pull money from the account. Banks in the rest of the world typically operate in "push" only so they don't have this issue.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I still use a payment system called "cash".

It may not be cool or trendy, but the system has never had a server outage or network failure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I still use a payment system called “cash”.

I can't find that app in the play store? Where can I download it?

[–] Blankmann 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Have you ever seen a check?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Which contains your account number and routing number, which allows the recipient's bank to "pull" funds from your bank account.

[–] partial_accumen 1 points 9 months ago

Does your bank use Plaid?

[–] Crashumbc 0 points 9 months ago

Aww how cute, thinking Google doesn't buy that data from the bank anyway...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Out of curiosity, what's the benefit of Google Pay for you over Venmo or Zelle?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

At the time I started using Google Pay, existing and being from a company I had heard of. Not to mention on Android it was just there for you to use, you didn't have to download another app.

My roommate and I considered using PayPal but his PayPal account got locked and to this day a decade later, never unlocked.

I'm going to be looking into both Venmo and Zelle now though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

what's the benefit of Google Pay for you over Venmo or Zelle?

It works internationally.

Those other 2 are USA only

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Those other two are so frequently used for scams that my bank has a heart attack every time I try to use them. No matter how many times I call them and tell them to unblock my card, because it was definitely me sending that money, they'll block it the very next time. I literally bought a checkbook (you have to buy those dumb things now?!) so I could more easily give people money... In 2023...

Google pay worked for me reasonably well for small transactions between friends and family. That's literally what I use it for 90% of the time. I'm super annoyed that they don't have a replacement for it.

Google strikes again, killing something I love.