So a few family members use Google for mobile payment. They are aware of the privacy implications but are there any good alternatives? PayPal is just as bad and any other alternatives I found are crypto.

Cold, hard cash. It’s the only truly private monetary transaction you can have.

If you just don’t want to go through Google or Apple, there’s always a normal bank. But even they keep records and could be selling that info.

Crypto isn’t even private. It also keeps records of transactions and unlike a bank, they’re public.

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As a GrapheneOS user, google wallet doesn’t support tap to pay. Would love to see a solution here.

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Bank cards. Contactless payments or cash :)

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Waiting on open wallet foundation to finish their frameworks for that…

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The only private payment method is cash.

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