Pay securely with an Android smartphone, completely without Google services: This is the plan being developed by the newly founded industry consortium led by the German Volla Systeme GmbH. It is an open-source alternative to Google Play Integrity. This proprietary interface decides on Android smartphones with Google Play services whether banking, government, or wallet apps are allowed to run on a smartphone.
A lot of places don’t take cash.
Well luckily that hasn’t been my experience. Only time I ever saw that was at the hight of the pandemic our local computer shop didn’t.