benji888

“In some cases, swiping or inserting a credit card into a point of sale terminal is easier than pulling out an iPhone, unlocking it and tapping it on an NFC reader.”

Only someone who has never used it could write this statement! Total B.S, it is quite the opposite!! And, as already stated, only steps are:

1) get your iPhone or Watch out and place near NFC reader
2) use touch or Face ID and that’s it, easiest way to pay.
(Actually, only one step, get your iPhone out, keep thumb on home button while putting it near NFC reader.)

rob53 said:

Stores are still shutting off Apple Pay capability even though their POS hardware handles it. Home Depot is a perfect example. Until all POS hardware is forced to accept Apple Pay stores will continue to turn it off.  Of course users need to understand what they have and use it. 

This is the problem in the US!! I do recall being able to use Apple Pay at Home Depot, but, they, like others, have changed POS systems or payment services and they only accept chip or swipe cards now. Some places accept some NFC payments, but not Apple Pay. Some places have dropped everything except swipe. Most food places haven’t updated at all, only swipe, which is ridiculous! It’s not because people weren’t using it, there is some other reason for it. I think paying through an app has become what they all want, that way they can track your purchases and use or even sell that information. I am totally against this, you have to put your credit card information into each app to use it this way...and you have more and more servers where your credit card (and other information) is stored and more and more chances of it being hacked. ...Kroger won’t accept Apple Pay but working on another system like this. They aren’t listening to what we want, but trying to do what they want.

Unfortunately, there is no way to force merchants to accept Apple Pay. Only thing we can do is keep telling these companies we shop where we can use Apple Pay first, because we prefer the security, privacy and ease of use.

If this is true, and demand is up, it could be due to fear of price increase because of trade war tariffs.

DAalseth said:

Can I sue these parasites for needlessly costing Apple money and thereby driving the price of Apple products higher?

Why isn’t google being sued for not allowing updates to older devices? 🙄 🙄🙄🙄

dysamoria said:

What motivated Apple to do this update for older devices?

“Apple released these older software updates to address an issue that could impact GPS location performance and lead to the system date and time being incorrect. In a support document, Apple says that starting in November 2019, some iPhone and iPad models introduced in 2012 and earlier will require this update to maintain an accurate GPS location due to the GPS time rollover issue that began affecting GPS-enabled products from other manufacturers on April 6, 2019. 

Apple recommends all users with eligible devices install the new updates. Apple devices won't be affected until November 3, 2019, so there should be plenty of time for users with affected iPhones and iPads to install the new software. 

According to Apple, those who don't update to the new version of iOS by November 3 might see their iPhones and iPads failing to maintain an accurate GPS position, and features that rely on correct date and time, like syncing with iCloud and fetching email, might not work.”

Source: https://www.macrumors.com/2019/07/22/apple-releases-gps-bug-fix-older-iphones-ipads/ 

This update is for iPhones and only cell model iPads...if your iPad is WiFi only and running 9.3.5, you won’t get the update.