Payment: Continuous update requirements are a hassle
Frequent and mandatory updates of the application are causing significant inconvenience for users, disrupting their ability to access the app when needed. This persistent requirement for updates not only wastes users' time but also leads to frustration, especially during urgent situations.
19 people in 19 posts across 2 sources · demand low, pain low, competition low
The pain
shares of 19 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 19 people using VNPT Money, Payoo and ShopeePay
- What goes wrong
- Doesn't work11% of posts
- Wastes time11% of posts
- How bad
- 79% of posts are complaints · pain score low (13/100)
- Since
- 30 May 2018 → 18 Sept 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- VNPT Money, Payoo and ShopeePay
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 21% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
People are asking for
In their own words — asks pulled from the evidence, most-repeated first
“sao bảo cập nhật mới nhất sẽ có mục NFC bằng vneid, mà khi cập nhật rồi vẫn không có mục đó là sao ?”
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint1579%
- Request421%
Sources
19 signals · 2 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original. 4 posts were held back as off-topic; all 19 still count toward the score.
VNPT Money — Ứng dụng Ứng dụng này phù hợp và tiện ích tuy nhiên yêu cầu cập Nhật thường xuyên k hợp lý ( bắt buộc ) mỗi lần vào ứng dụng lại mất thời gian cập Nhật
Wastes timeVNPT Money — Phần mềm như rác cập nhật quá nhiều Chưa kịp dùng đã cập nhật phiên bản khác dùng rất khó chịu
FrustratedVNPT Money — Suốt ngày yêu cầu cập nhật Tần suất ứng dụng yc cập nhật quá liên tục, mất time khi chức năng mới ko có
ShopeePay sao bảo cập nhật mới nhất sẽ có mục NFC bằng vneid, mà khi cập nhật rồi vẫn không có mục đó là sao ?
Doesn't workVNPT Money — Cập nhật nhiều Lần nào vào cũng phải cập nhật, mất thời gian của người dùng, còn lại tính năng khác ok
Wastes time
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Market and score
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Opportunity history
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Why did it move?
Score 28.8 → 40.7 · 20 Sept 2026, 03:00 → 04:15 UTC
How the score was measured36 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is Payment: Continuous update requirements are a hassle a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 19 different people described it independently, in 19 mentions, the earliest from 30 May 2018 and the most recent from 18 Sept 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: rising — mentioned more often than before. Momentum is 80/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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