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Why ApplePay is Fizzling

• deleted 12y ago
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• Someone1234 12y ago
  > When he rolls into a gas station to fill his tank, [Jack] doesn’t get out of his car. He punches a few buttons on his cellphone and within seconds he has paid for the fuel. Two uhh small problems: - "Jack" forgot to fill up his tank at all... - The wireless range of Apple Pay isn't that substantive. Also is the person named "Jack" or "Bob." The article uses both.
  • astrange 12y ago
    Maybe he lives in New Jersey.
• chrisdevereux 12y ago
  > Countries like the UK and Portugal have high penetrations of NFC-based terminals at physical point of sale. Yet contactless cards just can’t get traction. Anecdotally, NFC has taken off a lot in the UK in the last couple of months. Very common for me to be the only one not using contactless to pay my share of a meal (my bank doesn't do it yet).
• zawaideh 12y ago
  Launch in Canada.. NFC is practically everywhere, and ApplePay already works here (minus the agreements with Canadian banks)