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wonkothesane said:

Anybody else who’s surprised we actually reached that point, pls raise their hand. 

OTOH, this may be an indication that Apple is very convinced they ultimately prevail. And, wouldn’t  they be able to claim damages from lost sales etc , in that case?

I am surprised this actually came to pass. As far as I'm aware, this is unprecedented: Apple has never halted sales of a product before due to a legal ruling. They've always found a way around it, until now.

22july2013 said:

For those of us outside the USA who have been waiting for 4+ years for this service, with no hint of it arriving in our countries, we kinda hope the service will die in the USA. Apple needs to think worldwide, and not provide services to Americans only. How many other Apple services are available in the US only?

Why do you think Apple would be capable of rolling out such a complex financial offering worldwide all at once? Every single product Apple brings to market is rolled out in the U.S. first. Then, when the bugs are worked out and the product is a success, it gets spread wider. Apple Card is not currently a success, thus this story. 

I completely understand G.S. not wanting every bill to be due on the 1st of the month. Imagine you're a retailer and all your customers come in on the 1st, leaving you with no customers days 2-30.  It's unreasonable of Apple to have G.S. have to handle an onslaught of bills just one day of the month and not be willing to spread them out.  As an Apple Card customer, I'd be fine having mine not be on the 1st, but Apple has never bothered to ask. 

danox said:

the public (driver) will always lie in an accident.

Not always. I had an Apple Genius claim one of the moisture detectors in one of my iPhones was triggered, and said I must have gotten the iPhone wet. I definitely didn't. It's been 7-8 years now so I have no reason or incentive to lie. Those detectors really could be triggered falsely.  My understanding is that having a phone near steam, such as comes from cooking or a hot shower, is all was needed to turn them from white to pink.  I also heard that living somewhere with persistent high humidity could trigger the ones that got the most airflow. I have no way of knowing either of these for sure; just that my phone did not get wet but one (and only one) of mine was triggered, but just having one was enough for me to be accused by the Genius. 

cpsro said:

I don't really need any of that

Wait...you don't do ANY of those things with your iPhone? If true, one wonders why you even have one.