Posted by doener 1 day ago
All Decathlon had to do was show QR code with payment details which you will scan with ANY APP you prefer to use (most likely your bank app you have already or if not like me, you can use other ways).
This doesn't seem like progress at all, quite the opposite, just force all the shops show you QR code for SEPA payment without this 3rd party nonsense and pay with whatever (bank) app you prefer based on payment details in QR code.
This is supported by ANY OS, heck for what's worth you can scan code with QR reader in browser and use online banking in desktop mode to pay with whatever phone you use. Replacing US Visa and Mastercard companies with US Google and Apple companies doesn't seem like any improvement at all to me, it's actually worse since it is easier to get/use bank card than phone for small kids/seniors.
On the German Wero site[1], the copy not only uses utterly gratuitous and even made up fake English words where there are perfectly adequate German words, e.g., "senden", hero, support, business, etc.; but the worst part is that they mess up or maybe can't even realize anymore that the German word for hero in "Der absolute Hero für dein Geld!" could have produced a far superior phrase through a rhyme, i.e., "Der absolute Held für dein Geld!". It's nonsensical to use "hero". Why would you use "hero"?
What are you doing, Germans? "Senden" is not a word. You just made that up! Or should I say "you just hooberdoobered it" since we are just making up gibberish words? We don't say "senden"... why are you saying "senden"?? It's like a traumatized child making up a gibberish language to live in a fantasy world. It's not healthy.
It's also really rather discriminatory towards older people who may not know this weird hipster pig-german made up gibberish.
For context for Americans or other actual English speakers, imagine if an American spoke like this:
"Come on, Niemcy, use your own słowa. You are worth it. Leave other ludzie's words for them to use. Have some szacunek. It's kind of żałosne actually. Get it together już." It's Polish, btw.
Does that convey the level of cringe? It's weird!
Because it rhymes with Wero (or with Vero)
And "senden" is absolutely a word, duh