The Official "Show Time" Apple Event Thread

JKoopmans · March 25, 2019, 5:24pm

Yep, US again. If they’d only give us the news app

RosemaryOrchard · March 25, 2019, 5:24pm

Ooh, Apple Pay is next! Please come to Austria… Having had it in the UK it’s really a bummer not to be able to use it anymore!

Porterw24 · March 25, 2019, 5:24pm

So, are they killing Texture?

Kaitlin · March 25, 2019, 5:25pm

I just want them to stop fighting with the main banks here so we can finally use Wallet with all our cards…

bowline · March 25, 2019, 5:25pm

Okay… NEW YORKER and WSJ make it worth $10/month. Looks like I’m in.

wnknisely · March 25, 2019, 5:26pm

Yah. Just canceled my Texture subscription.

ChrisUpchurch · March 25, 2019, 5:26pm

Australia’s getting a lot of love in this event. 99% Apple Pay acceptance.

cornchip · March 25, 2019, 5:27pm

Ventra! Goodbye to their horrible app.

ChrisUpchurch · March 25, 2019, 5:27pm

Didn’t Chicago already accept Apple Pay on transit? I remember a sign to that effect at O’Hare when I was there for MPU live a few weeks ago.

Any Chicagoans able to shed light on this?

lsieverts · March 25, 2019, 5:28pm

Apple Card! My god. I did not expect this.

Kaitlin · March 25, 2019, 5:28pm

I’m no expert, but as the resident Australian…I think it’s because it uses the standard “Paywave” technology that all the banks are already using in their cards now…so I don’t think it requires anything additional to accept Apple Pay.

George_Wenzel · March 25, 2019, 5:29pm

Same here in Canada, though it’s branded “Interac Flash” here.

RosemaryOrchard · March 25, 2019, 5:30pm

I like the look of this Apple Card, I would tell people about the app for my credit card - but you’d all run away screaming. (It doesn’t even support pin code unlock, let alone iPhone X(s) screen formats…)

So, Europe? And what about those foreign currency fees?

lsieverts · March 25, 2019, 5:31pm

Apple Card is a bit of a YNAB killer, perhaps. (I say this as a big fan of YNAB.)

Kaitlin · March 25, 2019, 5:32pm

No envelope budgeting, though? That’s the most import part of YNAB for me (as, again, a sad Australian who does’t get direct import yet…)

ChrisUpchurch · March 25, 2019, 5:32pm

Seems more like a Mint killer than a YNAB killer. YNAB is much more about budgeting in advance, not just categorizing spending after the fact.

MacSparky · March 25, 2019, 5:32pm

“Cash. Like Real Cash.”

cornchip · March 25, 2019, 5:32pm

Apple Card can’t replace YNAB unless they start showing checking and savings account activity, other cards, etc.

lsieverts · March 25, 2019, 5:33pm

LOVE the daily cash. Finally gives me a reason to use Apple Pay Cash.

ChrisUpchurch · March 25, 2019, 5:33pm

Seems worth getting Apple Card if only for the 3% cash back when buying directly from Apple.