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Google Play just opened Pandora's box: You can now bug your friends to pay for you

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  • limerod@reddthat.comL [email protected]

    TL;DR

    • Google is expanding its “Ask someone to pay” feature for the Play Store.
    • Users in the US, Japan, Mexico, and Indonesia will now have access to the feature.
    • This option allows you to ask someone outside of your Google family group to pay for a transaction.
    dumbass@leminal.spaceD This user is from outside of this forum
    dumbass@leminal.spaceD This user is from outside of this forum
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    wrote on last edited by [email protected]
    #2

    Ha! Jokes on you google, I don't have any friends......

    whynotsquirrel@sh.itjust.worksW 1 Reply Last reply
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    • limerod@reddthat.comL [email protected]

      TL;DR

      • Google is expanding its “Ask someone to pay” feature for the Play Store.
      • Users in the US, Japan, Mexico, and Indonesia will now have access to the feature.
      • This option allows you to ask someone outside of your Google family group to pay for a transaction.
      viking@infosec.pubV This user is from outside of this forum
      viking@infosec.pubV This user is from outside of this forum
      [email protected]
      wrote on last edited by
      #3

      Is that new? My play store country is set to India (so I can buy stuff dirt cheap) and that feature has been there as long as I remember.

      tja@sh.itjust.worksT otter@lemmy.caO 2 Replies Last reply
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      • limerod@reddthat.comL [email protected]

        TL;DR

        • Google is expanding its “Ask someone to pay” feature for the Play Store.
        • Users in the US, Japan, Mexico, and Indonesia will now have access to the feature.
        • This option allows you to ask someone outside of your Google family group to pay for a transaction.
        M This user is from outside of this forum
        M This user is from outside of this forum
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        wrote on last edited by
        #4

        Oh FFS.

        WHY?!

        Do they want more scams? Do they get extra revenue and engagement from scams?

        ulrich@feddit.orgU 1 Reply Last reply
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        • limerod@reddthat.comL [email protected]

          TL;DR

          • Google is expanding its “Ask someone to pay” feature for the Play Store.
          • Users in the US, Japan, Mexico, and Indonesia will now have access to the feature.
          • This option allows you to ask someone outside of your Google family group to pay for a transaction.
          babyincubi@beehaw.orgB This user is from outside of this forum
          babyincubi@beehaw.orgB This user is from outside of this forum
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          wrote on last edited by
          #5

          Sending requests to all of my contacts to pay for my slutty skins microtransactions as soon as this releases globally 💋

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          • viking@infosec.pubV [email protected]

            Is that new? My play store country is set to India (so I can buy stuff dirt cheap) and that feature has been there as long as I remember.

            tja@sh.itjust.worksT This user is from outside of this forum
            tja@sh.itjust.worksT This user is from outside of this forum
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            wrote on last edited by
            #6

            That is answered in the second paragraph

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            • limerod@reddthat.comL [email protected]

              TL;DR

              • Google is expanding its “Ask someone to pay” feature for the Play Store.
              • Users in the US, Japan, Mexico, and Indonesia will now have access to the feature.
              • This option allows you to ask someone outside of your Google family group to pay for a transaction.
              the_che_banana@beehaw.orgT This user is from outside of this forum
              the_che_banana@beehaw.orgT This user is from outside of this forum
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              wrote on last edited by
              #7

              I'm going to spam requests to Tim Apple & Elongated Musk

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              • viking@infosec.pubV [email protected]

                Is that new? My play store country is set to India (so I can buy stuff dirt cheap) and that feature has been there as long as I remember.

                otter@lemmy.caO This user is from outside of this forum
                otter@lemmy.caO This user is from outside of this forum
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                wrote on last edited by
                #8

                How do people use the feature? Since I can't think of a case where I would use this, aside from a child wanting to buy something without the parent needing to put their credit card details on the kid's device

                viking@infosec.pubV 1 Reply Last reply
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                • otter@lemmy.caO [email protected]

                  How do people use the feature? Since I can't think of a case where I would use this, aside from a child wanting to buy something without the parent needing to put their credit card details on the kid's device

                  viking@infosec.pubV This user is from outside of this forum
                  viking@infosec.pubV This user is from outside of this forum
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                  wrote on last edited by
                  #9

                  No idea really, I'm not Indian.

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                  • tja@sh.itjust.worksT [email protected]

                    That is answered in the second paragraph

                    viking@infosec.pubV This user is from outside of this forum
                    viking@infosec.pubV This user is from outside of this forum
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                    wrote on last edited by
                    #10

                    Indeed. I must have overlooked it, I actually read articles.

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                    • dumbass@leminal.spaceD [email protected]

                      Ha! Jokes on you google, I don't have any friends......

                      whynotsquirrel@sh.itjust.worksW This user is from outside of this forum
                      whynotsquirrel@sh.itjust.worksW This user is from outside of this forum
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                      wrote on last edited by
                      #11

                      Don't worry, soon you'll have a lot! All asking you to pay for something!

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                      • whynotsquirrel@sh.itjust.worksW [email protected]

                        Don't worry, soon you'll have a lot! All asking you to pay for something!

                        dumbass@leminal.spaceD This user is from outside of this forum
                        dumbass@leminal.spaceD This user is from outside of this forum
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                        wrote on last edited by
                        #12

                        Hahahah good luck with that, I'm poor as fuck.

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                        • limerod@reddthat.comL [email protected]

                          TL;DR

                          • Google is expanding its “Ask someone to pay” feature for the Play Store.
                          • Users in the US, Japan, Mexico, and Indonesia will now have access to the feature.
                          • This option allows you to ask someone outside of your Google family group to pay for a transaction.
                          muaraeoracle@real.lemmy.fanM This user is from outside of this forum
                          muaraeoracle@real.lemmy.fanM This user is from outside of this forum
                          [email protected]
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #13

                          My friends can bug me all they want as I have disabled notifications.

                          bloubz@lemmygrad.mlB ulrich@feddit.orgU 2 Replies Last reply
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                          • muaraeoracle@real.lemmy.fanM [email protected]

                            My friends can bug me all they want as I have disabled notifications.

                            bloubz@lemmygrad.mlB This user is from outside of this forum
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                            wrote on last edited by
                            #14

                            You can go next step, not have Google Play on your phone

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                            • M [email protected]

                              Oh FFS.

                              WHY?!

                              Do they want more scams? Do they get extra revenue and engagement from scams?

                              ulrich@feddit.orgU This user is from outside of this forum
                              ulrich@feddit.orgU This user is from outside of this forum
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                              wrote on last edited by
                              #15

                              They get extra revenue from sales. If they're scams, well that's okay too, as long as they get a cut.

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                              • muaraeoracle@real.lemmy.fanM [email protected]

                                My friends can bug me all they want as I have disabled notifications.

                                ulrich@feddit.orgU This user is from outside of this forum
                                ulrich@feddit.orgU This user is from outside of this forum
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                                wrote on last edited by
                                #16

                                My friends can't bug me even if they want because I don't have a Google account 😀

                                bloubz@lemmygrad.mlB 1 Reply Last reply
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                                • dumbass@leminal.spaceD [email protected]

                                  Hahahah good luck with that, I'm poor as fuck.

                                  ulrich@feddit.orgU This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #17

                                  It's not about the money, it's about the wonderful experience of hundreds of payment requests from random users.

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                                  • ulrich@feddit.orgU [email protected]

                                    It's not about the money, it's about the wonderful experience of hundreds of payment requests from random users.

                                    dumbass@leminal.spaceD This user is from outside of this forum
                                    dumbass@leminal.spaceD This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    wrote on last edited by [email protected]
                                    #18

                                    Can I reply back?

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                                    • dumbass@leminal.spaceD [email protected]

                                      Can I reply back?

                                      T This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #19

                                      Only with money, so no I guess. 😞

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                                      • limerod@reddthat.comL [email protected]

                                        TL;DR

                                        • Google is expanding its “Ask someone to pay” feature for the Play Store.
                                        • Users in the US, Japan, Mexico, and Indonesia will now have access to the feature.
                                        • This option allows you to ask someone outside of your Google family group to pay for a transaction.
                                        T This user is from outside of this forum
                                        T This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #20

                                        Aurora Store.

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                                        • ulrich@feddit.orgU [email protected]

                                          They get extra revenue from sales. If they're scams, well that's okay too, as long as they get a cut.

                                          Z This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #21

                                          They're not scams, they're surprise purchases

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