robertwalter

olivertwist said:

michasam said:

cancerman said:

Well thats alot more then here in sweden. We have three or four banks so far that support Apple Pay

That's still a lot more than our zero Banks in Germany, that support it 

Yet, Pay works pretty much everywhere in Germany and Austria as well. I stopped updating the list of retailers, restaurants, etc. that accept Pay a couple of years ago. Even the public toilets at the train stations accept Pay even for €0,60 entrance fee!

One thing I notice is any card readers that have bright red Sparkassen-Händlerservice stickers on them don't accept Pay after working fine for a couple of years. I contacted Sparkassen-Händlerservice to enquire about it, but nothing from them. Another reason to hate Sparkasse,the most vile of all banks in Germany!

Sparkasse will bleed clients and create new competitors by blocking tech initiatives that irs customers want. They will lose the most desirable customers, thilosr that can afford iPhones, and younger long term new customers,  first. 

I do understand how Apple would like to see this feature in as many vehicles as possible, but at some point, Apple needs to forbid auto OEM’s from offering selective availability in a model range as well as forbidding charging extra to unlock the feature. 

Hopefully that day comes sooner than later. 

I think of the line from 3 Days of the Condor (IIRC):

”Oh (my), you have no idea of the damage you’ve done.”

I think we will see that the damage is significant and worthy of these people getting lifetime federal prison sentences. (Not only as a punishment but as a deterrent for the next asshats that think it would be fun to steal and possess critical code for whatever from whoever.  I say this as a person who never condemned the actions of Snowden because he was motivations seem legitimate.)

By their actions, these idiots have put every Apple customer at risk. 

I hope Apple has already mitigated the risk to user info or will be able to do so. 

Not very impressive commercials. 

bestkeptsecret said:

@Bitmod, they always have to start off with a huge number and then settle for less. That's standard.

Again, I fail to understand how a company, whose only business is streaming licenced music can screw up on getting the adequate clearances.

Maybe the business model doesn’t work if you pursue clearances in good faith. 

Perhaps the guys running the company had a model of build a company that pays really well until it is found out that it’s not sustainable?