• electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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    5 days ago

    This may actually be useful for me. I set up phones for work that each need a paid app installed (currently $6.49). It’s getting harder and harder to buy Play credit in precise amounts under $10. If I can use one Venmo account to purchase this app for multiple Google accounts, that would be nice.

  • ptsdstillinmymind@lemmy.today
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    5 days ago

    Fuck Google and Apple. I would never give them any more information than they already have on me. I just don’t get handing your financial information to these companies that have screwed the whole world.

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      5 days ago

      What info does using Venmo give them that using PayPal or a credit card doesn’t? It’s not like you can go to their headquarters and use cash.

      • ptsdstillinmymind@lemmy.today
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        5 days ago

        It’s still access to your account information. You do you but I don’t trust or like Google or Apple both are trying to erase anonymity online and irl

        • IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
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          5 days ago

          Venmo isn’t really a thing where I am, so maybe I’m fundamentally misunderstanding how it works, but why would anyone outside Venmo themselves be able to access your actual account info? When using PayPal, the vendors don’t get my actual card number, just the PayPal account name (and shipping details if I choose to include that). That’s the whole point of intermediaries like PayPal, Venmo, etc.

      • frongt@lemmy.zip
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        5 days ago

        You could go to your local store and buy a gift card with cash.