Yes. When organisms have enough, pro-sociality can get expansive. I think about this all the time. It's an interesting lens to invert: if someone is being a giant douche, what else is probably true, or has been true?

They did this in 2017. This is very old news:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/microsoft-to-add-extensive-support-for-bitcoin-describes-it-as-currency

Why should you need an app? Seems like data mining justification to me.
The charger could simply show the payment address / Lightning invoice and its qr code on a screen and start charging when it receives the funds.