Google Shuts Down GPay App, P2P Payments In the US (9to5google.com) 22
After announcing a shut down date in February, Google's "GPay" app has officially stopped working for users in the U.S. "Starting on June 4, GPay -- as was the name of the app on Android homescreens -- automatically signed US users out," reports 9to5Google. "Attempting to login again explains how: 'The Google Pay US app is no longer available. You can still tap to pay using the Google Wallet app.'" From the report: Additionally, Google no longer offers peer-to-peer payments in the US. You can use the Google Pay website to view and transfer your balance -- money you've received or rewards -- to a bank account after June. The focus is now on Google Wallet and digitizing everything in your physical wallet. There's no equivalent finance tracking functionality. Meanwhile, "Google Pay" still exists as the name for what you're actually using when making a physical or online purchase with your phone.
Ah, the classic.. (Score:5, Insightful)
Water is wet, the sky is blue and the words "Google" and "Shuts down" appear together in a headline.
God's in his heaven and all is right with the world.
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It's Google's own special interpretation of "move fast and break things".
Stickers (Score:2)
So does this mean all of those stickers on gas pumps stop working now. Why does anyone buy in to any service Google offers? It would be nice if they would kill that shitty Office suite I have to suffer through every day.
Re: Stickers (Score:4, Informative)
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I assume that's what prompted this. It's less of a 'shut-down' and more of a 'consolidation'.
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No, it's just shutting down one of too many clients, not the service. Very confused branding.
Google is synonymous with "confused branding".
Re: Stickers (Score:2)
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So does this mean all of those stickers on gas pumps stop working now.
No, the stickers don't use google branded adhesive, so the stickers will remain rightly stuck for the foreseeable future.
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They still have Google Wallet, which is the version 2 of their services. The GPay branding is going away, as well as the p2p payments that nobody ever used.
Anyone with an android phone has been annoyed for the last 2 years by having both on their phone at once for no reason at all. This is actually a good thing.
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Why does anyone buy in to any service Google offers?
Because the overwhelming majority of "shutdowns" are really just migrations to a different service name that often continue working just fine. And when they aren't, Google often offers a way to export your data which is a damn sight better than most other cloud not-your-pc-not-your-data bullshit.
Pay to pay (Score:5, Interesting)
In an earlier story we have people paying 1.75% fees to buy a pre-filled debit card, and some comments say stores now ask for extra fee if you pay in cash.
Pay fees so you can make payment (Pay to Pay) is becoming a permanent feature in America, so the finance parasites can continue to feed on Americans. The first step is to kill all free P2P payment channels.
Lenocracy (Score:2)
Lets try a new word for it: Lenocracy
Leno - pimp. Government of pimps. Parasites inserting themselves into transactions and taking a cut...
Not my invention: https://www.ecosophia.net/beyo... [ecosophia.net]
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Stores have raised prices so much in the past few years they don’t even worry about the 3% fee anymore. They get people through the store faster and don’t need to pay an employee to make change. This is the market at work.
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They get people through the store faster and don’t need to pay an employee to make change. This is the market at work.
In countries without the banking parasites, cashless payment is free for customers and the charge on merchants is either zero or way less then what VISA/Mastercard charges. Same convenience without the cut.
Yeah, that's the American "market" at work, the bankers have bought out the regulators and now get what they wanted.
Re:Pay to pay (Score:5, Interesting)
In an earlier story we have people paying 1.75% fees to buy a pre-filled debit card, and some comments say stores now ask for extra fee if you pay in cash.
My favorite is when you go into a small shop in a far left wing/progressive city, e.g., Portland or Seattle, and there's that "In this store, we welcome...." virtue signaling sign, and right underneath is the "We do not accept cash" sign.
Translation: We welcome all, as long as you are middle class or better. The unbanked poor need not apply.
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In an earlier story we have people paying 1.75% fees to buy a pre-filled debit card, and some comments say stores now ask for extra fee if you pay in cash.
How is this legal? In Europe we always pay the price on the sticker. Doesn't matter HOW you pay.
Five quids here, five quids there... (Score:2)
You start keeping money from customers, a bit here, a bit there, but is soon mounts up, and soon enough you are being considered like a bank! And regulated as such, no less. Tech companies are not used to that kind of treatment!
If Only (Score:5, Insightful)
Starting on June 4, (Score:2)
By my calendar that was a week ago.
Did Google just go back in time and shut it down?
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Well, they did have a time-travel app, although it was shut down in 2052.
theme song (Score:3)
Fortunately for Google, there is a theme for these instances.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]