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

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• ZephyrXero@lemmy.world ⁨28⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  Now do it for game consoles

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• oce@jlai.lu ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If there’s one thing Japan loves, it is economical competition. There are like 40 different ways to pay at a shop, it’s absurd.
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  • phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s not absurd, that’s awesome

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    • ripcord@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It can be both!

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  • kurcatovium@lemm.ee ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    And yet everyone will pay with cash.

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    • asbestos@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      based

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    • k0e3@lemmy.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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    • semperverus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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  • Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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  • Eggyhead@lemmings.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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  • Matriks404@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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  • Toes@ani.social ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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  • Sat@lemmynsfw.com ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If only that worked on dlsite

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  • pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    no klarna… ABSOLUTE W

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• psyc@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Does that mean I can get a 3rd party eShop on my Nintendo Switch? 😆

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  • FlexibleToast@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Ha, that would be excellent. Don’t forget Sony and PlayStation.

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  • Scrollone@feddit.it ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Haha yeah sure. That will never happen.

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  • kurcatovium@lemm.ee ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yes you can! And Nintendo will then sue your ass off :-D

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Me: but I’m completely following the law!

      Nintendo: OK. Your point?

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  • mrbubblesort@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I wish, but this seems specifically aimed at smartphones only. However, this could open the door for Nintendo to make their own eshop for Android or Apple, and I suspect that’s what the gov is going for because it would directly benefit Japanese companies at the expense of foreign ones.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Why would Nintendo want a shop on Android and Apple? They don’t own those platforms…

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