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Comment · 5 months ago
The title is definitely an over-exaggeration. "Goodbye" will happen when Europeans going abroad no longer need to take Visa or Mastercard cards with them.

What is currently happening is the solving of instant cross-border P2P transfers, which sounds like a very niche problem. Online payments are mostly a solved problem because payment gateways like Adyen or Stripe already support local payment systems.

Comment · 6 months ago
All new phones sold in the EU already include information on declared battery life and the number of charge cycles before reaching 80% battery health. The vast majority of phones will meet this requirement.
Comment · 6 months ago
Isn't like most of the new phones claim at least 1000 cycles?
Comment · 8 months ago
> Do you really need access to banking apps on the go?

Yes, I do.

Comment · 8 months ago
Yes, but I made an argument about /e/OS and GrapheneOS. You never knows what will work or stop working.
Comment · 8 months ago
Yes, supported, but what is your confidence level in this information?
Comment · 8 months ago
I'm currently looking for a new Android phone. I don't like the Pixel and deep integration with Google. I looked at the Fairphone with /e/OS and the Pixel with GrapheneOS, but unfortunately there's no certainty that everything will work or where the boundary is between Google Android and "clean" Android. For example, it turned out that Android Auto is essentially Google Auto and I don't what find out what is dependent on Google. I want something that just works. A phone isn't something I want to tinker with like Linux ten years ago. So basically the choice comes down to Samsung and Chinese brands.
Comment · 8 months ago
> Anyone have any solutions to this?

No solution. I am a big fan of OSM, but modern maps are not about street namesabd building, but about POI. When you go/drive somewhere you are going to store/museum/pharmacy and so on. If this data isn't reliable it's useless. Additional information like phone number, working hours and website is next level which isn't achievable by OSM.

Comment · 8 months ago
It's clearly end user problem who is not able to book a ride. Root cause is on Uber side.
Comment · 8 months ago
It's not breaking free from Google, but pretending it does not affect you. You are still at mercy of app developers and Google which may introduce some changes that will affect you. Additionally you never know what will work or stop working.
Comment · 8 months ago
But it's not the card. Wero isn't doing anything new. It's just yet one more payment method to implement. Adyen, Stripe, Shopify and many other already support different local payment methods.
Comment · 8 months ago
It's not about owning credit card, but about being able to use it in physical shop. In one of the parent comments author of comment to which I replied said:

> Why would you expect to be able to use a creditcard in a physical shop in the Netherlands?

And then

> Because this is a thing in most of Europe.

Comment · 8 months ago
No, in most of the cases government should not be the parent, but external arbiter.
Comment · 8 months ago
Solve the problem and people will come. I don't see which problem Wero is solving. Cross country p2p money transfers? Not something people do often.
Comment · 8 months ago
> Because this is a thing in most of Europe.

I think you wastly exegarate your observations.

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