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From: The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Samsung Wallet vs Google Pay
Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 13:06:58 -0700
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On 5/4/24 6:31 AM, Newyana2 wrote:
> On 5/4/2024 12:01 AM, The Real Bev wrote:
>> On 5/3/24 4:29 PM, Jim the Geordie wrote:
>>> Any preferences here - and why?
>>=20
>> I have often wondered about the value of any of these.=A0 What's wrong=
=20
>> with a credit card which gives you a rebate?
>=20
>    I think it's just part of the cellphone ubiquity trend. People
> don't want to have to leave their cellphone for anything.
> For a non-cellphone-addict it's an awkward bottleneck to
> use 3rd-party (spyware) pay services. For the average
> cellphone addict (90+% of people) it seems like a brilliant
> idea to just set up one e-servant to handle all of your
> transactions and paperwork.

So you pay the bill to the wallet entity rather than the credit card=20
entity?  What if you use different cards at different stores/functions?

>     That's becoming increasingly true. Just a few years ago,
> Apple Pay and "wallets" were not accepted in most places.
> Today, in urban areas, it's possible to live almost exclusively
> by cellphone.

I posit that such a life is inadequate.


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Cheers, Bev
   My computer doesn't have to be friendly;
   civil is entirely sufficient.