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Umm they can? What is PayPal and the like if not exactly that? I don't enter my CC every single time I buy online with PayPal. I just login and choose the card/
by salamandersauce 5y ago
Umm they can? What is PayPal and the like if not exactly that? I don't enter my CC every single time I buy online with PayPal. I just login and choose the card/address I want. The only thing Apple Pay offers is the ability to login with TouchID/FaceID.
- dash2 5y agoPaypal is one solution, yes. Unfortunately, though I have paypal, most of the places I buy at don't offer it. There's a two-sided market issue. Sellers want to be sure that many buyers use Paypal before they commit to integrating it. Buyers want to be sure that Paypal is ubiquitous before they commit to having an account. In fact, neither of these conditions holds for everyone. So Paypal makes things easier, yes, but only for a minority of my purchases.
- salamandersauce 5y agoIs that not true of Apple Pay too? Lots of places I can't use Apple Pay. Amazon, Steam, Epic Games, etc. I'd argue PayPal is way more ubiquitous than Apple Pay. Some sellers don't want to use a service like Apple Pay/PayPal because they don't want to give up the money from the associated fees like Amazon for example.
- dash2 5y agoThere are lots of places on the web where you can't use Apple Pay, but on iPhone apps it is fairly ubiquitous. Amazon is an exception, perhaps unsurprisingly.