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Paying without Google: New consortium wants to remove custom ROM hurdles (www.heise.de)

submitted 1 day ago by cm0002@lemmings.world to c/degoogle@discuss.tchncs.de

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Pay securely with an Android smartphone, completely without Google services: This is the plan being developed by the newly founded industry consortium led by the German Volla Systeme GmbH. It is an open-source alternative to Google Play Integrity. This proprietary interface decides on Android smartphones with Google Play services whether banking, government, or wallet apps are allowed to run on a smartphone.

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[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Yes please!

I like the idea of having my GrapheneOS phone as a backup for occasions when I forget my card/cash, but I have no interest in allowing proprietary services the deep system-level access & PII invasion that Google Pay and Google Play services require to enable it.

P.s. hope some EU org aims at a non-proprietary Android Auto next, and then in my dreams non-proprietary Chromecast.