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| From | Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android |
| Subject | Re: Phone tap and go |
| Date | 2016-08-22 08:10 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <npec1n$efm$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote: > VanguardLH wrote: >> F Murtz wrote: >> >> If you were a >> merchant, would you continue paying the extra free to Apple or would you >> switch to a bank providing Visa or MasterCard merchant services so you >> eliminate doling out a fee by embarcing Android Pay transactions? >> >> If Google cannot upset Apple in the NFC market, oh gee, guess we get to >> see ads in the app. What a surprise ... not! Pretty hard to find any >> free apps that aren't riddled with ads. Some but not many. >> > apple wants a cut of every transaction, if I were the banks I would tell > apple to get stuffed and have an add campaign suggesting people buy > android,if all banks united they may get somewhere, but they wont. > The fact is Apple are simply copying the banks' tactics. The banks make money on every debit, credit and contactless payment you make, so they're probably pissed off for being shown up as the technological dinosaurs that they are. Google give things away because that's their business model: you and your data are where they make their money.
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Phone tap and go F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-22 01:42 +1000
Re: Phone tap and go VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2016-08-21 12:14 -0500
Re: Phone tap and go nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-21 13:37 -0400
Re: Phone tap and go F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2016-08-22 15:00 +1000
Re: Phone tap and go Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2016-08-22 08:10 +0000
Re: Phone tap and go Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2016-08-21 21:12 +0100
Re: Phone tap and go nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-21 16:39 -0400
Re: Phone tap and go Chris in Makati <mail@nospam.com> - 2016-08-22 11:15 +0800
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