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Just wanting to be part of your tribe but findind hard to get an alternative for this. I would like to make payments by with the phone's NFC as I tend to avoid a physical wallet.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 56 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Google Wallet - Google = Wallet

[โ€“] MajorMajormajormajor 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Woah, woah, woah. Slow down there fella, you're going to fast for me. Can you explain it again?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Let's back up. Have you ever seen the prototype cell phones that were a bunch of thin sheets of tree pulp, glued together, with a stylus based interface? The wal-let is a similar prototype tech

[โ€“] MajorMajormajormajor 3 points 2 years ago

We truly live in the future.

[โ€“] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

You can always just put your card inside your phone case.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

There are few things I like about the over digitisation of our lives but I fucking hated cash. It might by my ADHD talking but I've lost so much cash over the years.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

I don't use my phone for NFC payments, but my bank has an app that can handle nfc payments. You could check to see if your bank has something similair.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Well there is Samsung Pay...

Maybe you could get a phone case with a slot to store a credit card?

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Garmin watch with wireless pay. I use the venue sq but many in the Garmin line support wireless payment.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yup thats my solution too. Was never really someone who payed with my phone before, i just carry a wallet. But having my credit card on my watch has saved me like 2-3 times in six months

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Some Garmin watches have an NFC cc payment capability. Do you have any good guides youโ€™ve followed for the de-googling?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Not following any specific guide , doing bit by bit as I get the info. Installed calyx (my device doesnt have compatibility with graphene sadly) , seeing what relies on google services, and trying to find alternatives

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I do not use google wallet / samsung pay / apple pay / whatever....i carry a physical card, which is far less obtrusive than a phone...dont need a big chunk of leather around it

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

PayPal has this functionally though you have to carry a balance in your account to use it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Never used google-wallet.

I see many people using their banking app to either pay through NFC or to scan a QR code for an instant transfert. So not sure of the point of google-wallet.

But I am still one of the old one to carry a wallet/card with me

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wear your card in your sleeve like a magician

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Or skin implant?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I've never used anything like that and don't feel like I've missed anything. I do have a contactless credit card. It works out about the same way, I think.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There are other alternatives like Apple Pay and Samsung pay, heck even your bank app might have similar features in place. You could start looking there. Alternatively, you could just use a credit card and tape it to the back of your phone?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I don't even know what Google Wallet is.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Apple wallet

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