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The Google Pay app is shutting down in the US (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 69 points 2 years ago (5 children)

FFS I literally use this all the fuckin time

God fuckin damnit Google

What's next, are you going to kill Gmail‽

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    How long until they change 8.8.8.8 and break half the internet

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm just waiting for them to figure out how to inject ads into DNS.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think they could 🤔

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It would be trivially easy.

    Request for www.taylorswift.com

    Return IP to client for a dynamically created temporary web page that shows a Ticketmaster.com ad with a countdown of 10 seconds and javascript redirect to the actual taylorswift.com IP

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    But, HTTPS certificates.
    Unless they provided overrides for their ads in Chrome, but at that point why do it with DNS.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago*

    Google is way ahead of you, they are a certificate authority now, so in theory they can do this right now. Take a look at any site's https certificate and a significant portion of them are now signed by Google Trust Services LLC thanks to Cloudflare using them to generate free https certificates (in addition to letsencrypt). Note that they won't ever pull this trick though because it'll irreversibly damage their reputation.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think they wouldn't do that, since they could do the redirect within Chrome itself. The only reason they would do this is to grab users on other browsers, but that would mean everyone else stopping to use Google DNS, which means less data to collect or sell.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    The only reason they would do this is to grab users on other browsers,

    Yes that would be the purpose.

    but that would mean everyone else stopping to use Google DNS, which means less data to collect or sell.

    I agree, which is why I also agree with you why they haven't done it yet, but I was speaking to how they could do it, not the fallout from them doing so.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    It's too big to fail now. Advertisers hardcode it into their apps and iot devices to evade DNS adblockers for a while now.

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  • [–] 42 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Did you not hear?

    1000003020

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  • [+] -48 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Don't be a dumbass spreading blatant hoaxes thinking you're funny.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Isn't google wallet basically the same thing?

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Yes, and it works better. They said over a year ago that wallet would replace GPay, and remind you that it will stop working basically anytime you open it. I'm all for shitting on Google but being upset over this is dumb.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    But isn't wallet only for tap to pay? I use Google pay to send and receive money between my friends and family literally all the time. Reading the email Google sent me, they only talk about tap to pay still working on wallet.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Idk I've never used it for anything other than tap to pay, and that was also true for gpay. I personally would recommend you use something that doesn't farm your data for transferring money anyway. Zelle is what most people prefer these days, usually goes straight through your bank, no separate app, not invasive, more secure.

    Venmo and cash app are trash (especially Venmo) but they are alternatives that work for sending money and have been around way longer than GPay. I still use Venmo for a few things for my parents and father in law.

    GPay had tons of bloat to it which I didn't like. I don't want Google tracking my spending and tailoring "offers" for me, and I definitely don't want them sending me notifications about it. I'm not delusional, I know they're still tracking it and still sending it to advertisers but at least wallet isn't shoving my face in it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I have 8 bucks in Google Kajigger, is it moving to the new thing? Do I have to sort out how to move it around? I'm think I had it all hooked up to a bank at one point. Maybe it was a friend that sent me money?

    I think I used it to pay for Dunkin Donuts, but both apps list Dunkin Donuts, can I just use the money there?

    That's why this is all so annoying, I have to figure out this whole process, old and new, just for 8 bucks.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    That's all well and good and fair, but this isn't new news is more my point. Google told everyone, every device, that they were switching to wallet and phasing out GPay over a year ago, in fact I'm almost positive it was when Android 13 released (we are on 14 now). Like the annoyance should've passed by now, you know?

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  • [+] -11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Relax dippy. Just a rebrand to Google Wallet. Try to breath for a minute before sounding brain dead.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

    This comment should be deleted soon

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (3 children)

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

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years 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.

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