cnocbui
About
- Banned
- Username
- cnocbui
- Joined
- Visits
- 15
- Last Active
- Roles
- member
- Points
- -280
- Badges
- 1
- Posts
- 3,613
Reactions
-
Redesigned, ultra-thin MacBook Pro with AMD GPU not expected to debut at 'iPhone 7' event Sept. 7
entropys said:Please let them be insanely great.
Please let them be insanely great.
Please let them be insanely great.
-
Apple counters Australian banks' call for iPhone NFC access, cites handset security
proline said:According to the article I quoted above, Apple are taking 15% of the banks interchange fees in the US. Card fraud that is from fraudulent tap-and-go payments from lost or stolen cards - which is the only circumstance I can see where Apple Pay might offer an advantage, is low in Australia for tap-and-go NFC transactions.
Now in the case of the Australian banking cartel, they see the possibility of getting the anti-fraud features of Apple Pay for free. All they had to do was collude to make sure that none of them supported Apple Pay even though it was in their financial interest to do so and then force Apple to eventually lower the charges. It is that collusion which people find offensive. Thankfully it will be over soon, but the consumer has already paid the price via the multi-year delay this has caused.The police said most of that increase was due to misuse of tap-and-go cards with thieves specifically seeking the cards in car and home burglaries.Apple Pay provides no security against such.
-
Redesigned, ultra-thin MacBook Pro with AMD GPU not expected to debut at 'iPhone 7' event Sept. 7
thewhitefalcon said:cnocbui said:I'll take a 15w theoretical deficit I have never personally encountered, over a smashed $2000+ computer, any day.
-
Apple counters Australian banks' call for iPhone NFC access, cites handset security
jdgaz said:The banks make plenty of money off the credit cards they issue. Apple is taking a minuscule transaction fee to make the process more secure than the cards themselves. Me thinks these banks are idiots.
I think there is a very simple solution to this which would be fair to all. The banks should allow their customers to use Apple Pay if they want. They should pay the fee Apple is asking for from the customers funds, much as many vendors pass on CC fees to customers wishing to pay that way.. The banks would not have to forego income for no benefit, those who want Apple Pay would get it.
-
Apple counters Australian banks' call for iPhone NFC access, cites handset security
radarthekat said:cnocbui said:Funny how people don't apply this logic when the banks refuse to allow Apple to profit from a free ride on their systems. Then it's the banks who are accused of being anti-competitive.Australian banks accused of anti-competitive behavior by refusing to allow customers to use Apple Payhttps://9to5mac.com/2015/11/27/apple-pay-australia-antitrust-claim/