• HashKing@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    It’s crazy to think that not every country has this, considering how ubiquitous it is in the states now.

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      1 year ago

      Lol I’m visiting the USA right now, it’s not ubiquitous at all. Go around Europe, like Netherlands, to see what proper adoption looks like.

  • Dinnerpancakes@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I used tap to pay numerous times in October 2021 and February 2023 while in Paris. It seemed that almost anywhere you could tap to pay at all allowed Apple Pay.

  • AgainstFooIs@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Apple Pay and Tap to Pay is not the same thing people.

    Tap to Pay uses another iPhone to accept the payment not a traditional terminal.

    • jkua@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      To be fair, it’s a confusing name. When I think “tap to pay”, I think about making a payment, not accepting a payment. Call it “Contactless Payment Acceptance” or something. “Accept Payments via Tap”

  • RINABAR@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    A buddy of mine told me that this very morning. We are still far behind in terms of implementation though, as far as I know you can’t take out cash with Apple Pay on an ATM.

  • BudgetUncle@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I didn’t even know this feature existed. Seems like places like farmers markets would have adopted it, but I still only see Square and similar.

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    1 year ago

    Interesting, this could really eat the lunch of Square because if you don’t need additional hardware to accept payments 🤔

  • MadHatterNZ@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I used this the other day in the Apple Store. Was super painless and in my case used an iPhone to “tap” the other iPhone to pay.

    People shit on Apple a lot, but the experience was almost entirely seamless. (The only part that didn’t quite do it was the need to change my region since I was buying in a different country, so they could pull my details in their app via the QR code).

  • MeMyselfAndMe_Again@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    One great big flaw with this. (I use it) When it asks for chip and pin you’re fcked.

    This happened to me the other day. It started that "this transaction needs to use chip and pin "…if I didn’t have a back up reader the customer would not have been able to pay!

    Good idea in principle…but flawed.