alt Hacker NewsAndroid doesn't support suica for public transport but you can still use Google Pay most of the time. Except when you randomly can't! Unlike other countries you still need to take a credit card (and maybe even some cash) as backup.
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vibekoter • today at 5:34 AM
"Unlike other countries you still need to take a credit card (and maybe even some cash) as backup"
"still"
I take a reliable CC and cash any fucking day over Apple and Google Pay or any shit payment "app" like Revolut which simply blocks you out of your account if on a device they seem to not like / that is not attested, while preventing browser-based usage.
You stupid tech bros. Appps, apps, apps, everything via an app.
Even the Tokio metro paper tickets via cash work well. No phone needed!
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Android does support suica/felica, and many (most?) phones have the hardware for it, but most manufacturers will only pay the licensing fees for it for their Japanese SKUs, leaving other SKUs with a software lock.