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Apple announces Apple Card credit card

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Re: Apple announces Apple Card credit card

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Not sure what to think of this. Somehow I would prefer if Apple kept building technology platforms that then enable other parties to develop solutions but instead they seem to be moving into a totally integrated platform. The business success is there but from a technology point of view I find Apple has been pretty unexciting over the last years. They have turned into a well run big tech company like Microsoft under Ballmer. Good business but not very exciting.

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> get a digital card that they can use anywhere Apple Pay Apply Pay users: how broad is Apply Pay adoption? Is this a viable replacement for a VISA, Mastercard or AMEX? I'm intrigued by the privacy angle to this, seeing as VISA and Mastercard apparently share and/or sell a lot of transaction data with/to third parties. Edit: The article has been updated: As rumored, Apple is partnering with Goldman Sachs for Apple Ca…

In Chicago, a lot of chain stores allow for Apple Pay, such as Aldis and Dunkin Donuts. But it’s hit or miss for independent shops. Some nice coffee shops and restaurants have tablets, but these often aren’t equipped to take Apple Pay.

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How is it private? Seems like all the metadata is still there...

In the stream they seem to suggest that it’s “private” in the sense of

1. Apple doesn’t get any information (it’s all done on-device) 2. The data GS gets (and probably needs to keep, for auditing/paper trail) they “will never sell.” This probably means they have some kind of special agreement?

Not sure what MasterCard would get though.

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> get a digital card that they can use anywhere Apple Pay Apply Pay users: how broad is Apply Pay adoption? Is this a viable replacement for a VISA, Mastercard or AMEX? I'm intrigued by the privacy angle to this, seeing as VISA and Mastercard apparently share and/or sell a lot of transaction data with/to third parties. Edit: The article has been updated: As rumored, Apple is partnering with Goldman Sachs for Apple Ca…

There's a physical card you can use as well.

~~But not online. Online is ApplePay only.~~

Edit: Apparently not.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a physical card you can use as well.

~~But not online. Online is ApplePay only.~~ Edit: Apparently not.

No true. You can use your standard card numbers online without Apple Pay. You get the numbers from within the wallet app.
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