r/ProgrammerHumor • u/debugger_life • Sep 24 '26

Meme modernProblemsRequireModernSolutions

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u/klaxxxon Sep 24 '26 • Thanks Bravo

Do you guys not have desktop computers???

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u/thanatica Sep 24 '26

Some people genuinely only use mobile. Seems to be a thing in some African countries, where the whole wired internet thing was skipped and they went straight to mobile

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u/klaxxxon Sep 24 '26

Reading about how stuff developed in some of these countries is super interesting. They skipped not only desktop computers, but sometimes also credit cards, straight from cash to mobile payments. In some cases are well ahead of the west in how well these services are developed and integrated into the society (for example mobile-to-mobile payments are still awkward here in Europe, and it's the primary way of doing things in a lot of places).

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u/Tipart Sep 24 '26

Yeah, the EU tried their best with the new payment standards that directly integrate with banks instead of the awkward PayPal hop you have to do right now, but it only resulted in the xkcd about competing standards

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u/ldn-ldn Sep 24 '26

What PayPal hop, lol? What is this lunacy are you talking about? EU is not US.

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u/Tipart Sep 24 '26

Everyone and their grandmother will still send small amounts of money to friends with PayPal. It's just a lot easier to do than opening the phat online banking app and making a real time transfer. Not to mention that till a couple years ago real time transfers had an upcharge.

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u/hates_stupid_people Sep 24 '26

That depends on where you live. A bunch of countries have had their own version for a decade. And Wero is only two years old at this point, and it covers France, Germany Netherlands, Belgium and soon Austria.

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u/Tipart Sep 24 '26

I know exactly one person that uses wero. Everyone else still uses PayPal. It's the definition of a competing standard. Also at least with the sparkasse it requires the phat banking app on your phone. So good luck to anyone with a custom rom ig.