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cali said:

Apple should create a campaign to raise awareness for merchants.

Wish they provided terminals themselves with an etched ApplePay logo. An NFC iPad POS campaign would have worked as well.
I just find it strange some merchants are relying on extra Square hardware to support ApplePay.

Apple should promote merchants in commercials and on its website.

dtidmore said:

Alluding that merchants are specifically holding back accepting Apple Pay is simply misdirection. . .

We have got to stop accepting that merchants are the issue.  Look for the new terminals and give it a try as it only takes a moment to see if NFC is alive. 

But many times the merchants are the issue. Take for instance, Tim Horton's. They have the terminals. I walk up and place an order. The credit card pops open on my phone. When I put my finger print on the phone, it simply doesn't work on Tim Horton's end. 

It works great at Whole Foods, McDonald's, and Meijer's. Other places like Walgreen's makes it more complicated then necessary because you still have to hit a ton of buttons on their reader. 

There were other stores that said it accepted Apple Pay, like Lucky's Market. Accept the transaction never goes through. 

Apple needs a team that works with merchants 1) to roll the technology out, and 2) trouble shoot when it doesn't work. 

techprod1gy said:

Change is what the industry needs. The big 3 pissed away 2 decades trying to be greedy meanwhile no innovation. Newcomers will bring innovation and also bring in manufacturing that makes sense for the US. Ford is still too heavy and not geared properly to be effective in the long run. It is time to shake things up.

Outside maybe Tesla, Ford is probably one of the most innovative auto companies out there. Besides some of the many innovations it has spawned in manufacturing, it is responsible for a lot of other recent innovations. For example, gas tanks that don't need gas caps. That was a pretty serious engineering feat. It was the first company to take bluetooth integration seriously. It was also one of the first companies to do keyless FOBs. 

I live in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ford teams up with engineering schools, and you often see interesting vehicles being driven around town, like solar powered. 

Further, it is cool to see Ford not act threatened by other companies. Companies like Microsoft often mock its competitors.