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[-] drmoose@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Android is open source so any European company can just fork their flavor the same way Huawei did.

And there are alternatives to visa/mastercard but their local to each country: Cartes Bancaires in France, Girocard in Germany etc.

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Local alternatives are not good enough. We need something that works internationally, otherwise it's not a true alternative.

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Isn't CB in France still running through visa/MC?

[-] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Nope, they just integrate visa/mastercard for international payments like most other European providers.

[-] biofaust@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

We also have MobilePay here in Denmark, Swish in Sweden, Bancomat in Italy.

But I am still dubious there is proper sovereignty in the whole stack each one of these run on.

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