loopless

I was in the same situation a few years back. A large German company felt the name of my app ( and color of the logo!) was too similar to their app( despite me having prior art of 4+ years).
I got some scary letters from Apple regarding the situation. Apple have to be even handed but they leave the parties to duke it out - which as a hobby developer would leave me being crushed by the other companies financial resources. Fortunately, they gave up once I pointed out that my app had been on the app store for so much longer than their app and really was not in a competing space.

I have a Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014 iMac with a 1TB fusion drive and it has been an amazing machine that still runs Big Sur like a dream with a display to die for.  Bummer I can't upgrade the OS , but oh well.Never a glitch or any problems.
Compared to my "work" computers that are Dell desktop POS that have been always troublesome with component ( power supply/hard disk/RAM) failures , every $ spent on the 'Apple Tax' has been repaid over and over. No wonder they show over and over that the TCO for Apple products is less than Windows machines.

If your car already has CarPlay and you just want the convenience of wireless CarPlay then Carplay2air is a great solution. Works flawlessly in my VW. By the time I have the car started, seatbelt on and ready to back out, CarPlay is up and running. And my iPhone is still in my pocket.

buttesilver said:

"Upper income teens" - wow, Rolex wearing kids are so far from anyone's normal life that I have to wonder where this sampling came from?
I barely even know any adults whom wear Rolex, and those that do are mostly Doc's and Esq's.  Nice neighborhood I'm sure...

Yeah, that was a very bizarre statement about teens wearing Rolex watches. That would be the 1% of the 1%.

vedelppa said:

DAalseth said:

Skeptical said:

Another day, another iOS/Apple bug. I guess testing is more hit and miss in the rush to deliver a slightly undercooked product. 

As it only impacts Visa, I suspect this is a problem with Visa security. 

It's also possible that code on Apple's side fails when one has a Visa card. Even if Visa's security solutions differ from Mastercard's, the fault may be on Apple's side, too (even if this turns out to be false and it's Visa I think people here tend to assume Apple = perfect and in case if anything goes wrong, 3rd party = evil).

No seriously  - the transaction is sent to the card issuer ( in this case VISA) to approve. Nothing to do with Apple. Obviously MC has some layer that say, hmm $1000 is over a limit for express transit, and blocks it, or some other algorithm. It's about trading convenience ( no need to unlock phone) for security.