gets rid of dead weight, retiring llet payments for digital goods

BY GreenBot Staff

Published 14 Nov 2014

It’s been a decidedly weird time for digital payment services. Services like llet Apple y may have turned on consumers to the idea of tapping their phone to pay, but there’s still so much refinement to do before paying for things without your wallet hy truly second nature.

That’s why is pulling back the reigns a bit on llet. The company quietly announced this week on its support page that it’s retiring llet for digital goods, which basically means you can’t use it to pay for apps software after h 2, 2015.

“en we first launched llet for digital goods, we wanted to make it simple for users merchants to buy sell online,” wrote on the official support page. “The industry has matured a lot since then, providing a number of alternative payment solutions to choose from.”

states that it won’t offer a replacement program for this portion of llet, that buyers will simply face a 404 error if the merchant fails to comply. “ highly recommend removing your integration migrating to another payment processing solution as soon as possible,” suggests . 

y this matters: It doesn’t—at least, not to you, the consumer. ile it’ll certainly be annoying for small merchants who aren’t aware of how to update their online storefronts, it won’t affect your ability to buy anything as long as they switch over to another payment platform. You’ll also still be able to use llet to pay for physical products at the grocery store via NFC, you’ll still be able to use it in the ay Store.

at so matters here is that wastes no time as rival services like Apple y Softcard take the stage. It will cut off any dead weight, even if it leaves out a few of those people who relied on those services.