False statement. Apple does not collect personal data or sell it. What part of "you are not the product" do you fail to understand? This has been reiterated multiple times. Apple sells hardware, not data, therefore the customers are you, and you are not their product, nor your private information, is to be sold to anyone. Apple won't even let the government get access to it. Even Apple cannot decipher what you store on their servers from your devices.
When it first came out, I glanced at it and said “Nope. Not doing it.”
But when I researched it and saw how it works, I embraced it completely and am trying to use it where I can.
Not because it is whizzy, but because it is far, FAR more secure than using a standard credit card.
When my bank and my credit card company began pushing it on national television commercials, it sold me. Because it is far more secure than using a standard credit card, it would reduce the bank or companies losses from having to deal with fraud, which costs them a huge amount.
At the same time, I understand fully the drawbacks of a “cashless” society. But if I am going to use a cashless method of payment, why use one that is inherently flawed, rather than one that is far more secure?
I’ll have to check this out. I’ve always been a firm believer in observation of the deployment of new technology but quick to embrace it once I’ve seen enough support for it.
Also I have something to share...some time recently on one of these threads, I believe I was attacked as a “Apple fanboy”. I’ve always considered myself a practical and pragmatic end user of good tech, constantly looking to avoid the experience of the bleeding edge.
I guess it was my “Red Badge Of Courage” moment with Apple products...lmao!