paulmjohnson

I'm finding Apple Pay is an option at more stores, but it seems to be inconsistent to use, and not nearly as simple as I expected.

The shop I use it at most often actually needs you to sign the screen of the terminal to complete the transaction.  This is despite the fact there is no way for the cashier to validate my signature, what with it not being on the phone like it is on the card.

Whole Foods sometimes needs you to sign, sometimes it doesn't.

I thought one of the big selling points was that the security was so much better because it was just validated with your thumbprint.

With all that said, it will be good it they allow phone to phone transactions.  It seemed silly a month ago when I owed some money to a friend who works at Apple, as we sat drinking at a bar next to Infinite Loop, that I had to use PayPal to send him money!

The speed with which people on these forums jump to deny that anything could be problematic with an Apple product is pathetic.  Apple aren't perfect you know, they have manufacturing issues like everyone else.  The fact they get reported is a function of Apple being so big and selling so many units.

 

I actually have this problem on my retina Macbook (it seems to be "reflecting" the keys, so I assume it's something that's happened when it's closed).  I basically never clean the screen (frankly it's disgusting), so the immediate defense of people on here claiming it must be the users rubbing the screen too hard or using the wrong chemicals is clearly not the case for me.

 

With all that said, it doesn't make a difference when the screen is on, and I pretty much always work with my Mac connected to a couple of Thunderbolt displays, so it makes no real difference to me.  That's not to say there isn't some sort of issue here though.