Google is already sucking in that purchase data on many fronts — between Google Play payments, Google Checkout on the Web and also advertiser payments — in addition to the dedicated Google Wallet project.
Amazon's "music locker" immediately ran into criticism from the record industry after its launch because it did not seek their permission to let users listen to music stored in their online lockers – a system that some labels argued required a per-play payment.
What the RIAA, which represents US labels, was complaining about is known in the industry as the "value gap" – the difference in effective per-play payments between audio services such as Spotify, and YouTube.
Continuing to play requires payment of an £8.99 monthly fee.
This input into an algorithm is your digital footprint, which comes from Facebook, Twitter, text messages, email, key stokes, swipes, gestures, play lists, payment records, your routes, navigation -- indeed anything you do which is an interaction with an electronic device.
Certainly, there have been cases of musicians with instruments being refused entry, even when there was no likelihood of them playing for payment.
That's all speculative for now, but if you want to play with payments in chat in the U.S., and don't fancy the trip to China, Dasher is your answer.
And there have been even larger signs of the increasing role that the tech industry is playing in payments, including the rise of Apple Pay, the spin off of PayPal from eBay and more.
