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Chip on Apple credit card fails
tooki:
--- Quote from: eti on December 15, 2021, 08:15:18 am ---Just snap it in half, stamp on it and toss it in the bin. Ridiculously over-rated nonsense. We managed perfectly well in life before Apple came along. Yeah they make some nice things, of which I’ve owned many, but they’re VASTLY hyped and over adored. The world needs a smack back down to earth and wake up from the delusion of Apple EVERYTHING.
Non experts & “unboxers” speak of Apple products in terms they’re unqualified in - they say how amazing the build quality is - half of them have only a few years of experience doing YouTube videos, and they base this opinion relative to other CONSUMER goods. They don’t know the other 98% of electronic machines, inside which they’ve never seen - it would put Apple to shame.
I’ll give Apple this though - at least they aren’t Samsung; now THEY are scraping the very bottom of the barrel.
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What a load of biased, dishonest crap your entire comment is. One can argue many things about Apple, but the quality of the electronics is top-notch.
As for doing fine without Apple: without Apple, we wouldn’t have computers as we know them. (Apple, and no one else, established the basic user interface conventions used by all modern GUIs, both mouse- or touch-driven. Xerox may have sold the first GUI computer, but its behavior is totally unlike modern GUIs.) Regardless of whether you love or hate the company, Apple did establish all of the fundamental concepts — overlapping windows, the mechanics of how we use the mouse, how menus work, etc. Without Apple, somebody else would have designed a GUI, but it’d be different from what we have today.
As for snapping the card in half: good luck with that! :-DD (It’s made of solid titanium. The other titanium card, the Amex Centurion, has been around for years, and since a typical consumer can’t destroy them, you can mail them back to Amex for destruction. The Apple Card has absolutely no account information printed on it except the cardholder name — no card number, expiration, CVC, etc — and it can be enabled/disabled/canceled on the fly by app, so there’s less need for actual physical destruction.)
cliffyk:
--- Quote from: bdunham7 on December 11, 2021, 06:32:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: tkamiya on December 11, 2021, 06:06:30 pm ---OK, tell me about how to hold correctly, and the proper secret handshake with the casher.
--- End quote ---
The same way you correctly hold any Apple product:
1. Hold it firmly over a trash can
2. Release your grip
3. Walk away
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Way back when the Macintosh was first introduced a PC Magazine reviewer noted that "for the first week you'll be amazed by what it can do--after that you'll be amazed by what it can't do."
eti:
--- Quote from: tooki on December 15, 2021, 10:10:09 am ---
--- Quote from: eti on December 15, 2021, 08:15:18 am ---Just snap it in half, stamp on it and toss it in the bin. Ridiculously over-rated nonsense. We managed perfectly well in life before Apple came along. Yeah they make some nice things, of which I’ve owned many, but they’re VASTLY hyped and over adored. The world needs a smack back down to earth and wake up from the delusion of Apple EVERYTHING.
Non experts & “unboxers” speak of Apple products in terms they’re unqualified in - they say how amazing the build quality is - half of them have only a few years of experience doing YouTube videos, and they base this opinion relative to other CONSUMER goods. They don’t know the other 98% of electronic machines, inside which they’ve never seen - it would put Apple to shame.
I’ll give Apple this though - at least they aren’t Samsung; now THEY are scraping the very bottom of the barrel.
--- End quote ---
What a load of biased, dishonest crap your entire comment is. One can argue many things about Apple, but the quality of the electronics is top-notch.
As for doing fine without Apple: without Apple, we wouldn’t have computers as we know them. (Apple, and no one else, established the basic user interface conventions used by all modern GUIs, both mouse- or touch-driven. Xerox may have sold the first GUI computer, but its behavior is totally unlike modern GUIs.) Regardless of whether you love or hate the company, Apple did establish all of the fundamental concepts — overlapping windows, the mechanics of how we use the mouse, how menus work, etc. Without Apple, somebody else would have designed a GUI, but it’d be different from what we have today.
As for snapping the card in half: good luck with that! :-DD (It’s made of solid titanium. The other titanium card, the Amex Centurion, has been around for years, and since a typical consumer can’t destroy them, you can mail them back to Amex for destruction. The Apple Card has absolutely no account information printed on it except the cardholder name — no card number, expiration, CVC, etc — and it can be enabled/disabled/canceled on the fly by app, so there’s less need for actual physical destruction.)
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You don’t need to do the whole “Let me educate you on the history of Apple” schtick, - it’s tired and done to death, and we all know it.
I’ve done vast amounts of reading and watching videos about Apple for 14 years, and have worked in the Apple business, have listened to “MacBreak Weekly” religiously for years too. I understand you admire them, and so do I. It was me posting when I’m tired and that never works out well.
Anyone with eyes, ears and a keyboard can soon research Apple. I’ve also done a lot of research about, and have huge admiration for Jony Ive, and have read his autobiography, which is superb reading.
Thanks for the lesson. 😁
cliffyk:
Before encountering this thread I did not know there was such a thing as an Apple Credit Card, and honestly do not feel my life has been any the worse because of it. My nicely made plastic CC was issued by my Credit Union (the same place that manages my retirement accounts) and works anywhere I have tried to use it. It is not a status symbol, just a tool, to me--so as long as it can survive in my wallet and do its job of substituting for cash as needed it could be made of balsa wood and I would not care.
It has been compromised a couple times and promptly replaced by the Credit union (it takes < 5 minutes). THE last problem was tracked back to a Dominoes Pizza cashier of whom the manager said "Oh, her, she does not work here any more..."
As to Apple product' s quality; i personally do feel qualified to comment as I have never owned an Apple product, have never felt any overwhelming need to own one nor emptiness for never having one.
They do seem to have a very dedicated cult-like following and i learned long ago to not get into substantive discussions with the truly faithful--all it does is piss them off and aggravate you.
eti:
--- Quote from: cliffyk on December 15, 2021, 07:37:12 pm ---Before encountering this thread I did not know there was such a thing as an Apple Credit Card, and honestly do not feel my life has been any the worse because of it. My nicely made plastic CC was issued by my Credit Union (the same place that manages my retirement accounts) and works anywhere I have tried to use it. It is not a status symbol, just a tool, to me--so as long as it can survive in my wallet and do its job of substituting for cash as needed it could be made of balsa wood and I would not care.
It has been compromised a couple times and promptly replaced by the Credit union (it takes < 5 minutes). THE last problem was tracked back to a Dominoes Pizza cashier of whom the manager said "Oh, her, she does not work here any more..."
As to Apple product' s quality; i personally do feel qualified to comment as I have never owned an Apple product, have never felt any overwhelming need to own one nor emptiness for never having one.
They do seem to have a very dedicated cult-like following and i learned long ago to not get into substantive discussions with the truly faithful--all it does is piss them off and aggravate you.
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I used to be one of those fervent, "Apple can do no wrong" types, and I see clearly now how much it must've aggravated my friends. They make great things, but as you seem to imply - so what? So have MANY companies.
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