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February 27, 2023 | 12:00am

DISAPPOINTED. A man who often used a payment app was alerted to an update. The update promised that there would be “major improvements” to the app but he came away disappointed.

“Naa naman hinuon ads sa app. Samok na hinuon kaayo, wa man ta ni sa una,” he complained.

He is mulling using another payment app.

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