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Can the XBox or PlayStation let users access online banking and manage assets?

wccrawford 2y ago
The PS5's browser is hidden (it'll pop up when clicking links in Youtube video descriptions, etc), but it seems that the XBox one is just there to be used. So, yes.
- jasonlotito 2y ago
  Having a browser online does not mean you can do your banking. It just means you have a browser. It's also almost guaranteed to not be a browser supported by the banks. Not to mention the myriad of other things that mobile phones provide in the context of mobile phones. The answer is only "yes" if you ignore reality.
  - kergonath 2y ago
    There are serious problems with this reasoning. A bank supporting a platform or not does not change the nature of that platform. That would be stupid.
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    - consteval 2y ago
      The nature of those platforms is they're devices to play video games specifically made for them. Yes, they're computers, but so is your washing machine. But these aren't general purpose computing devices. To me, it makes no sense to enforce a free-for-all for those.
jim180 2y ago
PS4 has the browser, so yes.
- jasonlotito 2y ago
  I'd love to see someone pull out a console in the town square to make payments. The answer is no.
  - kergonath 2y ago
    The original point was “let users access online banking and manage assets”, not whether you could “pull [it] out in the town square to make payments”. As an aside, why the town square? It’s oddly specific and is a phrase I’ve mostly read in stupid comments about Twitter in the last couple of years. Anyway, please consider stopping trolling.
    - jasonlotito 2y ago
      > The original point was “let users access online banking and manage assets”, e.g. Can you pay for groceries with it like you can with a phone? Can you use it to pay for food at a restaurant, buy train tickets, or many other things are in many cases cashless. "access online banking and manage asset" is a shorter way of saying all of the myriad of ways people need to use online banking day to day. > a phrase I’ve mostly read in stupid comments about Twitter in the last couple of years. I try not to read stupid content so I don't know. > Anyway, please consider stopping trolling. The irony.

The PS5's browser is hidden (it'll pop up when clicking links in Youtube video descriptions, etc), but it seems that the XBox one is just there to be used. So, yes.

jasonlotito 2y ago
Having a browser online does not mean you can do your banking. It just means you have a browser. It's also almost guaranteed to not be a browser supported by the banks. Not to mention the myriad of other things that mobile phones provide in the context of mobile phones. The answer is only "yes" if you ignore reality.
- kergonath 2y ago
  There are serious problems with this reasoning. A bank supporting a platform or not does not change the nature of that platform. That would be stupid.
  - deleted 2y ago
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  - consteval 2y ago
    The nature of those platforms is they're devices to play video games specifically made for them. Yes, they're computers, but so is your washing machine. But these aren't general purpose computing devices. To me, it makes no sense to enforce a free-for-all for those.

jim180 2y ago

PS4 has the browser, so yes.

jasonlotito 2y ago
I'd love to see someone pull out a console in the town square to make payments. The answer is no.
- kergonath 2y ago
  The original point was “let users access online banking and manage assets”, not whether you could “pull [it] out in the town square to make payments”. As an aside, why the town square? It’s oddly specific and is a phrase I’ve mostly read in stupid comments about Twitter in the last couple of years. Anyway, please consider stopping trolling.
  - jasonlotito 2y ago
    > The original point was “let users access online banking and manage assets”, e.g. Can you pay for groceries with it like you can with a phone? Can you use it to pay for food at a restaurant, buy train tickets, or many other things are in many cases cashless. "access online banking and manage asset" is a shorter way of saying all of the myriad of ways people need to use online banking day to day. > a phrase I’ve mostly read in stupid comments about Twitter in the last couple of years. I try not to read stupid content so I don't know. > Anyway, please consider stopping trolling. The irony.