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I've been bothered by MCX ever since I first heard about it. To me, the name, Merchant Customer Exchange, was completely transparent about what they were really all about: merchants exchanging consumers (specifically, their personal data). That made me conclude that to the merchants, us consumers are just a commodity, much the way a pimp perceives his ho's. That's some bullsh!t and it was therefore delicious schadenfreude when MCX died.

Now, this CVS crap - bunch of wrong headed crap that just makes transactions a hassle - barcodes?! Puh-leeze, that was maybe "innovative" in the 1980's. I've been exclusively going to RiteAid ever since CVS blocked Apple Pay on their terminals. Maybe they turned AP back on? Who cares, I'm happy with RiteAid so far and CVS has permanently lost me as a customer.

Lastly, I read all of the comments above this post and I made sure to hit 'like' on every entry where fellow readers are voting with their dollars and expressing their displeasure and taking their business elsewhere. Fuck you CVS and its ilk.

I realize this article refers to something happening in Australia, but based on what happened less than a decade ago in USA with the pathological banking system that nearly destroyed the economy and did destroy countless lives, I have nothing but mistrust, disgust, and contempt for banks. Furthermore, some comments above would indicate that the Aussie banks are no better! I hope Apple wins this one! And if they can't win it, I'd say it's not worth them doing business there.