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Re: Google Pay app will no longer be available

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Post by mey »

impulser_ wrote: post #12

So I did some research apparently they have gone full circle now. It started as Google Wallet renamed to Android Pay then renamed to Google Pay then split into Google Pay and Google Wallet and now back to just Google Wallet. Google is a fucking mess lol. I know Sundar has been great for shareholder, but man maybe it's time for a change. A fake post about them getting rid of Gmail next year is going viral on Twitter a…

Well there was Inbox by Gmail at one point, and I feel there was something else that tried to be an alternative to gmail as well at one point. I'm waiting for YouTube to be split back into YouTube and Google Video, one going full in on TikTok/Shorts content and the other going back to long form content.

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Post by duskwuff »

malermeister wrote: post #6
happymellon wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait a minute, I thought Google Pay was the android wallet for storing cards to make purchased via tapping your phone/watch. This talks about having a balance, does Google Pay offer accounts in the US, or am I getting myself mixed up with another product? [Edit] I don't think I'm getting mixed up. https://pay.google.com/about/ > Google Pay is the fast, simple way to pay on sites, in apps, and in stores using the card…

I think the wallet is Google Wallet. Very confusing, I know.

The notice on the Wikipedia article for "Google Wallet" is telling:

> This article is about the mobile app introduced in 2022. For the discontinued service of the same name, see Google Wallet (2011–2018).

> "Google Pay (2018–2022)" redirects here. For the 2020 app, see Google Pay (mobile app).

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Post by Freedom2 »

impulser_ wrote: post #12

So I did some research apparently they have gone full circle now. It started as Google Wallet renamed to Android Pay then renamed to Google Pay then split into Google Pay and Google Wallet and now back to just Google Wallet. Google is a fucking mess lol. I know Sundar has been great for shareholder, but man maybe it's time for a change. A fake post about them getting rid of Gmail next year is going viral on Twitter a…

Google's lack of product sense is embedded in their culture. Consider that they consider this [1] a good interview question, then extrapolate that to the rest of their culture and you can see how we've ended up here.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35545817

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Post by ChrisClark »

mey wrote: post #21
impulser_ wrote: post #12

So I did some research apparently they have gone full circle now. It started as Google Wallet renamed to Android Pay then renamed to Google Pay then split into Google Pay and Google Wallet and now back to just Google Wallet. Google is a fucking mess lol. I know Sundar has been great for shareholder, but man maybe it's time for a change. A fake post about them getting rid of Gmail next year is going viral on Twitter a…

Well there was Inbox by Gmail at one point, and I feel there was something else that tried to be an alternative to gmail as well at one point. I'm waiting for YouTube to be split back into YouTube and Google Video, one going full in on TikTok/Shorts content and the other going back to long form content.

Google Wave is the other one you're trying to remember.

Re: Google Pay app will no longer be available

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Post by dboreham »

happymellon wrote: post #9
bhhaskin wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah the split it up. I am pretty sure this is the Vemo like service of being able to send money to other people.

The banking system in the US is so messed up, and Venmo is so hostile. Here in the UK I can just send people money immediately, and been able to do that for decades.

It's deliberately messed up in order to make more profit if you're a bank. UK has proper electronic funds transfer because the culture accepts government telling big business to do stuff for the public benefit. US political corruption and culture precludes that.

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Post by happymellon »

malermeister wrote: post #18
footpath wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's the Google Pay service that processes payments. There's the old Google Pay app that got rebranded as Google Wallet. And then there's a newer Google Pay app available only in the US, Singapore, and India. This is the one getting shutdown. See also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Pay And a very helpful chart: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Googlepayments.svg

Jesus Christ that chart. What is going on over at Google???

Payments are the new chat.

Re: Google Pay app will no longer be available

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Post by happymellon »

dboreham wrote: post #26
happymellon wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The banking system in the US is so messed up, and Venmo is so hostile. Here in the UK I can just send people money immediately, and been able to do that for decades.

It's deliberately messed up in order to make more profit if you're a bank. UK has proper electronic funds transfer because the culture accepts government telling big business to do stuff for the public benefit. US political corruption and culture precludes that.

I think it's worse than that.

My bank offers a US routing and account number so that Americans can transfer money, since the banks over there struggle with international payments.

I then found out that my in-laws still can't transfer money because their bank has removed the ability to send money to another account that isn't via Venmo.

It's not "messed up" it's hostile.

Re: Google Pay app will no longer be available

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Post by willsmith72 »

darth_avocado wrote: post #23

Strange that Apple can make Apple pay work so well but Google keeps botching it. If nothing else, just copy the product and build what Apple has built, but for Android.

it's just a name change, which actually happened a while ago.

i agree they're incompetent with their constant rebranding, but this isn't really a functional change or an issue at all for users

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