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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Samsung Wallet vs Google Pay
Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 16:22:43 +0200
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On 2024-05-04 22:51, VanguardLH wrote:
> Do you really want to give your very expensive smartphone to a table
> jockey that doesn't tote around an NFC reader, but has to walk to a
> terminal to register the transaction?  When a waiter comes to my table
> for me to pay my tab, he has no means of using my phone at the table.
> Many restaurants do not have a front desk where you pay for your meal.
> You're expected to pay before you leave the table.  The waiters use
> terminals to enter the transaction, not hand-held readers.

You live in a backwards country.

The waiter comes to my table with a wireless pad or gadget. We do not 
like them taking our card out of sight to the office.

....

> 
> What about the contractor that, say, cuts down a tree, and wants to be
> paid?  He has his phone, but can your mobile pay app using NFC connect
> to his mobile pay app via NFC on his phone?  I've seen many SOHO folks
> that plug in a USB card reader into their phone, and that's how they get
> paid by sliding your card through their card reader attached to their
> phone.  I've even had contractors that don't even have the USB card
> reader.  They have to manually write down the credit card number, CVV,
> and expiration date onto an invoice that you sign.  Wave the phone all
> over the invoice paper, but it ain't gonna work.

I pay by Bizum, phone to phone. No contact.

> 
> I see mobile pay apps as convenient only when they are so.  That they
> exist doesn't mean those apps are the most convenient payment method.
> Many users don't leave their phones on in trying to preserve battery

I never met one such.

....

> 
> Do the mobile pay apps run as a service?  If not, how long does it take
> to load them?

instant.

Battery never fails me.

....

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.