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osmartormenajr said:

Why would anyone on a Mac ditch Safari for Chrome is beyond me. This piece o garbage is a resource hog on par with some scientific computing programs I’m running.

Safari is one of the high points in my choosing of Apple hardware. But to each their own, dumb as it may appear... 

jbdragon said:

lkrupp said:

All I know is breaking up AT&T in 1984 was peanuts compared to how hard it will be to break up Google and the others mentioned.

Did that AT&T breakup really do anything? In the end, they all merged back together once again

benji888 said:

“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.