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Apple Card launches today for all US customers

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Re: Apple Card launches today for all US customers

#11

I can't believe that people are excited for a credit card.

Especially one with such relatively poor rewards.

And a much worse APR than every other card I have. I was mildly interested until the application process showed me how much extra I'd pay just to not have a late fee.

Re: Apple Card launches today for all US customers

#12
What I found interesting:

- No card number

- "At Apple, we firmly believe in your right to privacy. That’s why we created a unique architecture for Apple Card that generates things like your transaction history and spending summaries right in the Wallet app on your iPhone.

Of course, Goldman Sachs will use your data to operate Apple Card. But they will never share or sell your data to third parties for marketing or advertising."

- "Apple will not charge a late fee or apply a new high-interest penalty rate for a missed payment. However, customers will continue to accrue interest on their balance at their regular interest rate. "

- The APRs are still relatively high, when compared to how low other borrowing rates are.

Re: Apple Card launches today for all US customers

#13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Especially one with such relatively poor rewards.

And a much worse APR than every other card I have. I was mildly interested until the application process showed me how much extra I'd pay just to not have a late fee.

Does it have a much worse APR? I got 12.99%, which while an expensive loan is still the best APR I think I've ever had on a credit card.

Re: Apple Card launches today for all US customers

#14

Pretty slick application process. Very quick approval. I’m digging the privacy. But it didn’t work when I tried to buy lunch. I’ll try again tomorrow.

Agreed the application process was slick. However, I have a fraud alert so I was expecting a phone call and didn’t get one. I guess I’m okay with that since I had to provide photos of the front and back of my license.

I was less impressed when I wanted to switch to the card for my Apple purchased to get 3% back on my iCloud subscription and I had to manually go into the Wallet app to get the card number, expiration date, and security code and manually copy that all over to the payments section associated with my Apple ID. (Twice actually since I have separate IDs for iTunes and iCloud for historical reasons.)

Re: Apple Card launches today for all US customers

#15

Pretty slick application process. Very quick approval. I’m digging the privacy. But it didn’t work when I tried to buy lunch. I’ll try again tomorrow.

Privacy? It's still a credit card. MasterCard still gets all your purchase data and can do whatever they want with it. Goldman Sachs gets your SSN, credit report, and bank account info.

Re: Apple Card launches today for all US customers

#16

1% back using the card? I make few purchases with less than 3%. In terms of security, I've had my card cloned. Within minutes the bank locked the account and had a new card shipped. Hardly a big pain point they are solving. And most of us have more than one, so if any of our cards are down, we have others. It's merchants that currently carry the cost of low quality financial instrument standards we have. For privacy,…

>For privacy, if I valued it over the $x,xxx I get back every year in the form of cash back, free insurance on rentals, etc, I'd use the most private of all instruments.... Cash.

My guess is that Apple is trying to provide a middle ground between fully private instruments such as cash, with convenience of a credit card. Its much more privacy focused than your average credit card, while offering the same convenience. The price you pay for the extra privacy is the lack luster rewards.

Re: Apple Card launches today for all US customers

#17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Especially one with such relatively poor rewards.

And a much worse APR than every other card I have. I was mildly interested until the application process showed me how much extra I'd pay just to not have a late fee.

You really should be paying off your balance in full every month so you’re not paying interest at all. Even the lowest credit card interest rates are exorbitant.

Re: Apple Card launches today for all US customers

#18

Pretty slick application process. Very quick approval. I’m digging the privacy. But it didn’t work when I tried to buy lunch. I’ll try again tomorrow.

As an anti-Apple person, this comment encapsulates so much of the Faustian nature of Apple products.

Re: Apple Card launches today for all US customers

#19

I can't believe that people are excited for a credit card.

I had a hearty laugh when I saw a seven minute unboxing video for the Apple Card on the front page of reddit. An unboxing video for a credit card that was somehow stretched into 7 minutes. The video included genius quotes such as "it fits into my wallet" and "it's about the same size as my other credit cards". This is the content that somehow got thousands of upvotes.

It's seriously amazing how far the apple fandom has come.

Re: Apple Card launches today for all US customers

#20

1% back using the card? I make few purchases with less than 3%. In terms of security, I've had my card cloned. Within minutes the bank locked the account and had a new card shipped. Hardly a big pain point they are solving. And most of us have more than one, so if any of our cards are down, we have others. It's merchants that currently carry the cost of low quality financial instrument standards we have. For privacy,…

How are you doing 3%? Rolling rewards? Doesn't seem like there are a lot of 3% cards out there without an annual fee or a set of conditions to try and fulfill.

2% on all Apple Pay purchases is pretty straightforward.

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