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This would be fixed in few releases, such a non-story.
by cryptozeus 7y ago
This would be fixed in few releases, such a non-story.
- killjoywashere 7y agonot sure if you're being sarcastic here. It is true that journalistic heat has been known to help re-arrange development priorities, and not being able to pay your bill seems like a potentially significant problem.
- cryptozeus 7y agoThat is true however how do we think it works if you loose your credit card ? You would call and cancel. This would be the case most of the time as none is going to trust website to cancel the card. You would need a human intersection here. IMO you are less likely to loose your phone then credit card. We think of actual physical credit card only when we need to pay with it. 99% of the time it is just sitting in the wallet being all useless. Phone is something we are using every 5 min or more so chances are less that one would loose phone like that. Now if you do loose it, and hopefully it is locked then no one can use your card. However one can just cancel the card by calling it from borrowed phone or something like that.
- calciphus 7y agoI think the article's point is that you cannot pay your Apple Card bill, not that you cannot pay any bills. Of course losing something means you cannot use it.
- JustSomeNobody 7y agoIt will be a non-story then but not now. What if someone loses their phone before Apple “fixes” this?
- cryptozeus 7y agoActually if I loose my phone, then high probability that I am outside and I am not waiting on going to a website to cancel my card. I would absolutely call them by borrowing someone's phone. How would you do this if you are outside and need to cancel your credit card ? Would you try to go online login to bank website and look for the option to cancel the card or call them ? It is a low priority feature. You will want a human interaction here.
- dave5104 7y ago> What if someone loses their phone before Apple “fixes” this? As the article notes, they'll have the option to call in and pay over the phone like many other banks allow. It's not ideal, but it's not the end of the world.
- colejohnson66 7y agoAnd how do you call using a phone you don’t have
- cryptozeus 7y agoBorrow someone's phone. Even right now, not all credit cards can be canceled from website. If you loose your wallet and phone then what are your options ?
- sunshinerag 7y agoby using a phone that you do have or can get?
- phinnaeus 7y agoIs this serious? I honestly can't tell. Borrow a phone if you have to. There are more phones on this planet than people.
- Crontab 7y agoBorrow one or buy a new one - just like you would in any other lost phone event?
- skinnymuch 7y agoPhones are available everywhere.
- ap3 7y agothen the headline would read: “Apple finally adds web option for AppleCard”