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by soylentcola 4135 days ago
I've never had any issues at all when it was supported. If anything, lack of motivation to update POS terminals has been the only thing keeping me from using it at more than the handful of stores I regularly visit where it's available.

Just tap, type PIN, receipt scrolls up the screen of my phone when it goes through and I get an email copy.

Interestingly enough, it was actually supported at more of the places I visited until the Apple version came out and brought increased attention to the concept...prompting many vendors to block it and try to push their own inferior solution.

I really wish that crap would stop. There's already a fairly compatible standard option that is working with both Apple and Google offerings (who would have thought!?) and offers the added convenience and security these setups provide. And rather than make a better app or gizmo that also works with the existing setup and competes on features or usefulness, they just block the competition before customers have a chance to start expecting them to work.