For anyone who knows more about Hong Kong's Octopus Card move to Apple and Google digital wallets, what is your general assessment on its dependency on these companies in the future?

Mwalimu@baraza.africa · 2 years ago

For anyone who knows more about Hong Kong's Octopus Card move to Apple and Google digital wallets, what is your general assessment on its dependency on these companies in the future?

ajeremias@slrpnk.net · 2 years ago

fck them all! :)

https://wiki.fuckoffgoogle.de/index.php?title=Main_Page

Mwalimu@baraza.africa · 2 years ago

I was surprised Hong Kong would give up their payment system that seems to have worked just fine for a Google platform that was charging “service fees”.

I wonder how much lobbying happened /s

Marxism-Fennekinism@lemmy.ml · edit-2 2 years ago

Conversation probably went something like “Do you want the eeevil seeseepee to control you? No? Use our wholesome American platform!”