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The irony is that this new payment method has the exact same issue: it's deeply tied to US corporate.

Their site claims that it can only be used on iOS or Android: https://support.wero-wallet.eu/hc/en-us/articles/25599074240...

Also:

> It is not possible to use Wero via a web browser or on a computer.

This seems an even worse situation than carrying around a Maestro (mastercard) with me.

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> it's deeply tied to US corporate.

In what way specifically? Android and iOS are just the OS the banking apps that implement Wero happen to run on. There is nothing stopping them from releasing a Linux app. Or a web app.

But they won't though, will they? Or maybe we can look forward to that in another 30 years when they realise they are, once again, dependent on American tech.

You can't expect them to fix everything all at once. What about the hardware?

Let them focus on offering a payment system, and let others focus on their thing.

It is comical. Exchanging one set of US overlords for another. I suppose it is possible to use a degoogled android but most people won't be doing that.

Not even that. Most banking apps have a requirement that android is "certified" by google, ex. They won't run on GrapheneOS

Yep, I'm using Murena, a fork of Lineage OS but have to have a google account to use my banking app. I'm not even sure the bank understand this requirement exists.

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