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I had a hearty laugh when I saw a seven minute unboxing video for the Apple Card on the front page of reddit. An unboxing video for a credit card that was someh
by tidepod12 7y ago
I had a hearty laugh when I saw a seven minute unboxing video for the Apple Card on the front page of reddit. An unboxing video for a credit card that was somehow stretched into 7 minutes. The video included genius quotes such as "it fits into my wallet" and "it's about the same size as my other credit cards". This is the content that somehow got thousands of upvotes.
It's seriously amazing how far the apple fandom has come.
- twiceaday 7y agoIs it your intention to miss-lead or do you not realize that the credit card is made entirely out of Titanium, which is a novel concept and obviously raises questions about weight, size, and look.
- tidepod12 7y ago"novel"? Is it your intention to miss-lead [sic] or do you not realize that metal credit cards have been a thing for decades? The Chase Sapphire Reserve/Preferred, two of the most popular credit cards in recent years, are metal cards. The Amazon credit card is metal. The AmEx Platinum is a metal card. And this is just a handful of cards among the 22 listed here [1]. 1: https://www.creditcardinsider.com/blog/metal-credit-cards/ https://www.creditcardinsider.com/blog/metal-credit-cards/
- twiceaday 7y agoThat is a cool story about some non-Titanium cards.
- guessmyname 7y ago> That is a cool story about some non-Titanium cards. You may want to read the linked page by the parent commentator a bit better: Mastercard® Titanium Card™ — https://www.creditcardinsider.com/credit-cards/mastercard-titanium-card/ https://www.creditcardinsider.com/credit-cards/mastercard-ti...
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- kube-system 7y agoHere’s the second sentence on that page: > This card is constructed with stainless steel on the front and carbon in the back.
- oblio 7y agoTitanium is not magic pixie dust, it's just another ordinary metal :-)
- tyleo 7y agoThis is, in fact, not a novel concept. Billy McFarland of Fyre Festival fame had previously started a company, Magnesis, which also offered a metal credit card.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoAmex Platinum and Centurion cards are currently metal, a bit more dense than the Chase Sapphire Preferred and Reserve cards.
- inferiorhuman 7y agoYou are aware that a variety of consumer credit card companies, including Amex and Chase, currently offer metal credit cards… right?
- reaperducer 7y agoAnd which ones do it with no fees or linked accounts?
- belltaco 7y agoHow does an unboxing video show no fees or linked accounts?
- guessmyname 7y agoHere is your Titanium card: Mastercard® Titanium Card™ [1] [1] https://www.creditcardinsider.com/credit-cards/mastercard-titanium-card/ https://www.creditcardinsider.com/credit-cards/mastercard-ti...
- mikestew 7y agoFaux titanium: “This card is constructed with stainless steel on the front and carbon in the back.” Apple Card is the real thing.
- astura 7y ago1) Metal cards suck, they often don't work in parking garages[1], and you can't put them in a shredder 2) They are not novel. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/churning/comments/4zwpvt/psa_your_fancy_metal_credit_card_wont_get_you_out/ https://www.reddit.com/r/churning/comments/4zwpvt/psa_your_f...
- morpheuskafka 7y ago> "it fits into my wallet" With Apple, any interoperability is a pleasant surprise (/s).
- read_if_gay_ 7y agoThe amazing thing is probably more generally the fact that unboxing videos, no matter how trivial, are popular video content. The Apple fandom just adds a tiny bit.