Introducing Buy now, pay later in Microsoft Edge

“Buy now, pay later,” or BNPL, lets shoppers break their purchases into equal installment payments, often interest-free, which can allow shoppers to get their purchase upfront, instead of having to w...

StephenDillon

Former Employee

Jan 25, 2022

"Customers that wish to turn off buy now pay later option at checkout can type edge://settings/payments into the Microsoft Edge address bar, and select turn off Shop Buy now, pay later option on sites when you shop."

LegacyOfherot

Brass Contributor

Jan 25, 2022

StephenDillonWith respect, that's fine for techies like us, but I'm more concerned about Joe / Joanne Public, as I said above "There will always be those ready to take advantage of the financially less-able / suddenly unwaged. Let's not make it seem legitimate." This feature has no place as a built-in function of the browser.
And, again as I said above: "Stop fiddling and concentrate on making edge the most standards-compliant, quickest, most secure, most privacy-driven browser available"

(I forgot to say, keep checking that Gargle haven't slipped in some privacy busters into the Chromium codebase)

Maybe I'm laboring the point, but...

https://www.ft.com/content/c4da9b2f-5187-4956-931d-0554d4268d4e

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59492429

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2022/jan/19/learn-lessons-from-australia-consumer-groups-warn-uk-against-buy-now-pay-later-self-regulation

Neilsherry
Copper Contributor
Jan 25, 2022
Spot on. These people just don't seem to get it.

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