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[โ€“] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

We need European alternatives to the 2 American duopolies: Visa and Mastercard / Android and Apple.

[โ€“] drmoose@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (4 children)

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.

[โ€“] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

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

[โ€“] biofaust@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days 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.

[โ€“] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] Renohren@lemmy.today 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That was true, once upon a time. "Carte Bleue" is part of Visa Europe (which has been reintegrated into Visa. Inc in 2015) since 2010.

[โ€“] 0x0@programming.dev 1 points 1 day ago

Android is open source

You sweet summer child...

We have a few options โ€ฆFairphone with EOS is probably the best.

Iโ€™d love to see it.