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[–] SusPillow9328@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

While I agree with this, many other messengers have payments and not having them could prevent people from switching. I would rather use Signal’s MobileCoin than whatever Facebook comes up with, mobile payments are HUGE in Asia and is probably coming to the US too.

[–] pinknoise@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

mobile payments are HUGE in Asia and is probably coming to the US too.

But there is no need to have it in the messenger. That just sounds like a stupid idea: make your payment system connected to the internet, addressable by name and make it parse and load all kinds of media. Mobile OS have per-app sandboxing so why not take advantage of it?