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[–] priapus@piefed.social 62 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (31 children)

nearly every bank in the US uses Zelle which lets you send money to another persons account with no fees, just using their phone number. for some reason people just prefer to use stupid shit like venmo.

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 88 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (9 children)

But it's a fucking 3rd party app that skims. Nothing in the USA is just straight forward. There's always someone making a buck off of your service.

Saunt Neal Stephenson predicted this and so it has come to pass.

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago (2 children)

If there wasn't some bro taking a slice that'd just be communism.

[–] gruvn@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I hope you're being facetious and not standing in solidarity with unfettered capitalism.

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

Let me guess: you stand firmly in the "/s" side.

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