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[โ€“] vga@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A Chinese company. How on earth would that be any better?

[โ€“] eutampieri@feddit.it 2 points 1 day ago

Maybe it was a joke!

[โ€“] Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The post specifies "American companies", I provided a non-american example. Certainly I prefer the possibility of choosing from two countries.

Also, as for how China is better, China hasn't sanctioned any country AFAIK from using UnionPay unlike the USA, so it has no precedent of being used as a political tool

[โ€“] vga@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Making such an infrastructure change is such a heavy thing to do that frankly even if we would assume that China is somehow benevolent (an absurd claim imho but let's assume), it wouldn't be worth it.

The only alternative is a real European implementation.

What do you mean by infrastructure change? UnionPay is already allowed and you can increasingly frequently find the option to pay with it in Europe