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  • Tap to Pay on iPhone has been live for weeks, here's who supports it

    mr lizardmr lizard
    “Apple earlier in June released Tap to Pay on iPhone to developers. Here are the apps that currently support the Apple Pay feature, as well as platforms that eventually will.”

    It’s not an “Apple Pay” feature. 

    Tap to pay is completely separate from Apple Pay. 

    Tap to pay is a feature that point-of-sale apps can use so that a business can accept any form of contactless payment (debit card, credit card, Google Pay, Apple Pay etc) by using the iPhone as a point-of-sale device. 

    Apple Pay is a feature that lets customers use their Apple devices to store cards in the Wallet app, and use those stored cards to make purchases. 
    maltzjony0robin huberwatto_cobra

  • Everything Apple Sherlocked in macOS Ventura, iOS 16, and iPadOS 16

    mr lizardmr lizard
    “Current testing reveals that Apple's offering has an edge as Pixelmator Pro sometimes has difficulty with similarly-colored subjects and backgrounds”

    Ha. I’ve seen several videos on YT of Apple’s subject isolation struggling with similarly-colored subjects and backgrounds. So no, Apple has not figured this out. Don’t believe their demo. 
    williamlondoncornchip

  • BMW temporarily ships cars without Apple CarPlay

    mr lizardmr lizard
    BMW has been shipping cars without working turn signals for years, so this is no surprise. 
    williamlondonxbitalanhStrangeDaysgrandact73watto_cobra

  • EU complaint against Apple Pay fueled by PayPal

    mr lizardmr lizard
    Can someone who has an Android device and uses PayPal’s in-store NFC payment option explain exactly how it works on Android?

    I’ve tried a web search and as best as I can tell PayPal integrates with the Google Pay wallet functionality. Isn’t that just creating a virtual card PAN and adding that to Google Pay as if it was a physical debit card?

    I can’t figure out why PayPal can’t just create a virtual PAN and integrate with Apple Pay, just like every other bank or eMoney provider. 

    Or are PayPal getting direct access to the NFC chip on Android and using their own wallet instead of Google Pay?
    sphericwatto_cobra

  • Apple sued for not paying New York Apple Store staff weekly

    mr lizardmr lizard
    TeeJoroni said:
    Apple retail stores have been open for over twenty years. This person worked for 8 years and didn’t quit or file a suit while working? For 8 years the biweekly pay schedule worked somehow? There are 11 Apple stores in NYC alone operating for over 15 years, has the state not noticed what frequency Apple pays thousands of employees? I get the idea that someone wants their earnings as soon as possible, but the money is the same amount it would be either way, it’s how it’s managed between pay checks. Not sure of the merit of this case.
    The merit of the case seems to be that - per the article - every other retailer in NYC complies with the law except Apple. 

    That’s not to say that’ll be the outcome of the case. That’s for the court to decide. But it’s the merit of the case.  
    ronn