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Google Pay reimagined: pay, save, manage expenses and more

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Re: Google Pay reimagined: pay, save, manage expenses and more

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Post by pottertheotter »

haxney wrote: post #58
stochastician wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What the hell, I just tried this and it turns out to be true. Sometimes I think I should go work for google for a year just so I could rage internally about this sort of shit. I too have a GAFYD account I've been paying for since 2009.

(Googler here, opinions are my own) People do rage internally about this. Unsurprisingly, a lot of current Google employees were early adopters of new Google features.

I'm so intrigued by you having an account since 2011 and this is only your 5th comment.

Re: Google Pay reimagined: pay, save, manage expenses and more

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Post by emmelaich »

thesuperbigfrog wrote: post #5

Google already has too much info from email, location tracking, and search history. Getting into bank accounts is too much. It would let them know exactly how effective advertising is since they would see how money is spent and they already know what advertisements they show you. Sorry, but no. Hard pass from me.

They say never, which seems pretty categorical to me.

> Google Pay will never sell your data to third parties or share your transaction history with the rest of Google for targeting ads.

Re: Google Pay reimagined: pay, save, manage expenses and more

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Post by emmelaich »

mediumdeviation wrote: post #15
ra7 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They say your transaction history with Google Pay won't be used in other Google services. How much you trust that is up to you.

They said the same thing about DoubleClick and YouTube. The amount of trust you should give to Google's words is zero.

Did they though? Do you have a link for us?

Re: Google Pay reimagined: pay, save, manage expenses and more

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Post by kyrra »

JxLS-cpgbe0 wrote: post #61
urbandw311er wrote: post #29

Feel a bit sorry for the authors of Plex Media streaming software who woke up today to discover that their SEO is now ruined, and trademarks worthless.

A Googler already said "Plex (bank accounts)" in the comments here, I think that's going to be its unofficial name. Google Pay doesn't show up if you search for "Plex" on the Play Store! > Plex Account I already have a Plex Account. What is my Plex Account's app name? Plex or Google Pay?

Googler, opinions are my own.

Google Plex I think is the official name, but it looks to be tied specifically to Google Pay. The code name that WSJ talks about is "cache", so Plex is the real name. But as the app shows, you would get a "Citi Plex Account".

Naming is hard.

Re: Google Pay reimagined: pay, save, manage expenses and more

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Post by t-writescode »

pottertheotter wrote: post #71
haxney wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(Googler here, opinions are my own) People do rage internally about this. Unsurprisingly, a lot of current Google employees were early adopters of new Google features.

I'm so intrigued by you having an account since 2011 and this is only your 5th comment.

They may have another account they use when not speaking as a googler

Re: Google Pay reimagined: pay, save, manage expenses and more

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Post by ficklelife »

stephencoyner wrote: post #9

The UI seems quite slow. When changing tabs or scrolling there is a noticeable delay. Feels about 60% like a native app. I noticed someone in this thread say its built with Flutter which is cool to see! Hopefully it can compete with native sometime soon.. in the meantime this isn't there yet Edit: Testing on iOS right now

There's a big Flutter issue (since May) with jank on iOS - https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/32170, personally can't wait for this one to be resolved.

Re: Google Pay reimagined: pay, save, manage expenses and more

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Post by fomine3 »

stochastician wrote: post #48
generalk wrote: post #35

Booted the new GPay app on my Android phone this morning. "Sorry, Enterprise accounts are not supported on Google Pay." I've been doing NFC payments through Google Pay for years with the current Google Pay app, so this is kind of a surprise. Also, I do not have an "Enterprise account." I have a GAFYD account from around 2006. Over time Google's turned it into some limited bullshit account, and at this point I'd pay t…

What the hell, I just tried this and it turns out to be true. Sometimes I think I should go work for google for a year just so I could rage internally about this sort of shit. I too have a GAFYD account I've been paying for since 2009.

Google also refuses to Add my G Suite Basic account into YouTube Premium family sharing. Annoying.

Re: Google Pay reimagined: pay, save, manage expenses and more

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Post by [deleted] »

personlurking wrote: post #50

There's going to be a lot of competition around CBDC/FedCoin wallet apps in 2021. With this update, Google Pay might be positioning themselves. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-brainard-idUSKBN1... https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/357...

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