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Ha! First time I've actually seen a shot of DED infamous foil Trimp Pickle, aka Tripp Mickle.

Footnote. NYTimes recently offered me $4 month trial deal. I paid w ApplePay. Took screenshot of confirmation of payment, and received welcoming emails. Then NYT sent me email saying payment didnt go through. Impossible. in limbo now. It could be NYT just wants my credit card direct info.

" According to eMarketer, Starbucks' system is the most used app in the U.S. with 23.4 million users, the report said. Apple Pay is a close second with 22 million users and is followed by Google Pay's 11.1 million adopters." ......I saw recent piece somewhere that put Apple Pay at near parity with Walmart Pay at around 31 million users. That surprised me. Apparently Walmart automation push bearing fruit. With push in services, and AppleCard, there are so many more incentives and entry points to use ApplePay.

Slightly OT, but I was happy to see Apple immediately credited my hike today and gave me National Parks badge. So if 100 million iphone users in US and one tenth have watches and one in ten of Watch owners take a hike or 3 mile walk, that's 1 million badges! If anything near that I hope Apple notes that publicly as they appear to be collecting that badge data real time. (Hope AI considers a quick story, improving my back of envelope, not in the least to generate a few forum user experiences)

That this "humble card" is more than a card was evident when I downloaded Etsy app and looked for artisan stoneware coffee mugs. The ecommerce was nearly perfect with some random potter in the Cascades. My new Applecard automatically offered my choices of shipping addresses, so it was as frictionless (though my first time) as my well-used Amazon Prime account. The only thing missing was an upfront Apple Sign In, imminent which will complete the circle. What's next step? As I've suggested in the past, Apple Mall. Where each week nearly half billion users can frictionlessly shop, in ever changing stores, advertising with bargains galore. Etsy e.g if it wanted more exposure might rent space next to GlobeBrand. If Apple is savvy, they'll create the most compelling shopping district in virtual (and AR) world.