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I agree with everything you say except your conclusion- if they can't verify the trustworthiness of their own husband how are they ever going to be in a position to know enough to be able to trust an ...

Lyn Alden @LynAlden 1720414922

It’s not about trust in that context. He controls their money. She wants to do some things with money she earns, and he says no.

So she does it anyway since some of it is her money.

The better comparison is trusting an app developer vs her employer. She’s lucky enough to have a very trustworthy employer; many are not.

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Rand · 116w

t-y Lyn, appreciate your takes

Ben Ewing · 116w

I see what you're saying. I just think you're underestimating the additional psychological barriers that she would have to overcome to see an app on her phone as a better bank than these two alternatives, as woeful as they seem to us. She probably doesn't trust Egyptian banks, and what you're sugges...

Carlos · 116w

I dunno, I think you're making too many assumptions. Do you know she is capable of managing money better than her husband? Maybe he really is protecting her. If their collective income improved a lot, how do you know the husband wouldn't spoil her? I mean, after 13 years, I'm pretty sure they have s...