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Google Play Now Takes Venmo Payments | You can use Venmo to pay for Android app purchases and subscriptions.
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sanitation lemmy.today sanitation@lemmy.today
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SatyrSack quokk.au SatyrSack@quokk.au
Joined: 2025-08-25
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Can I use Klarna?

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baronvonj piefed.social baronvonj@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-10
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Can I use Klarna?

12 easy payments of $0.08!

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ptsdstillinmymind lemmy.today ptsdstillinmymind@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-07-28
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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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IrateAnteater sh.itjust.works IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-09-07
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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.

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.

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ptsdstillinmymind lemmy.today ptsdstillinmymind@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-07-28
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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.

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

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IrateAnteater sh.itjust.works IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-09-07
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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

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.

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frongt lemmy.zip frongt@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-07-31
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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.

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

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electric_nan lemmy.ml electric_nan@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2022-01-15
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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.

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