Comment on Japan moves to ban Google, Apple from blocking app store competitors

oce@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That’s not absurd, that’s awesome

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  • Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Absurdly awesome!

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  • ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It can be both!

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    • phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Sure, sure

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• kurcatovium@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  And yet everyone will pay with cash.

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  • asbestos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    based

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  • k0e3@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This used to be the case 15 years ago, but unless you go to some tiny independently owned place, you can usually pay with credit card or suica. If not, then with one of those QR code payment options. I rarely carry cash anymore.

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    • kalleboo@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah when I went over my bank statements for last year, I only went to an ATM a single time in the whole year. Mostly only need cash for stuff like parking

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    • kurcatovium@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Idk, I wasn’t there myself. My friend went there multiple times though (last time before corona) and he said cash was often/usually needed.

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      • Slaxis@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        How long ago was that? Even 7-8 years ago it was more true but it’s changed quite a bit in recent years

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  • WalnutLum@lemmy.ml ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Nah you can’t even use cash in a lot of post offices now.

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    • kurcatovium@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Wow, things have changed then.

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Wow, all of that and no crypto. That’s impressive.

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  • semperverus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Japan is permanently in the '90s (and I love it).

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    • SomethingBurger@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’ve seen the phrase “Japan has been stuck in the year 2000 since 1980”

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      • dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It’s almost like Japanese boomers keep maintaining the status quo at the expense of younger generations.

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• sadTruth@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Innovation and competition at it’s peak: You get to choose the color of your noose.

  But (presumably) no cash or crypto because someone has to take a 3% cut.

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• Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I can’t pay with interpretive dance?! I shall not be frequenting this establishment. Good day to you.

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  • SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    There is a DDR cabinet in the arcade that will turn your Dance into Tickets which are accepted.

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    • Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      This is one of the most Japanese things I have ever heard.

      Dōmo arigatōgozaimasu

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• rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s probably because toxic corporate culture (we-ell, one can sometimes find contributions of heroes from Japan into FOSS projects, so maybe not so toxic, especially when you look at NetBSD) they already have, so they simply can’t afford breaking market laws, not in the slightest.

  The rest think they can, which is wrong.

  The economic stagnation in numbers is regrettable, though. I would prefer countries like Japan to grow (not on the map, I mean playing tall). And cultures.

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• Matriks404@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That’s hardly a bad thing unless you can’t use the most common way (e.g. paying by credit/debit card) in shops.

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• Eggyhead@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That Q+ looking one near the bottom left is how Apple Pay came to be in Japan.

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• Sat@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  If only that worked on dlsite

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• Toes@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  With that many options, it’s your bad if the card doesn’t work. Wow haha

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Is there some science to what facilitates common standards vs. dotzens of islands? Convenience of the user is only one factor (if at all), see printers.

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• pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  no klarna… ABSOLUTE W

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