Apple Celebrates U.S. National Parks With Apple Pay Donations, Apple Watch Challenge, and More

[MacRumors]

Apple today announced that it is celebrating 106 years of the U.S. National Park Service with donations for purchases and ways to learn about and support America's parks.

Starting today, Apple is donating $10 to the National Park Foundation for every Apple Pay purchase on apple.com, the Apple Store app, or at an Apple Store in the U.S. Last year, Apple's support for the National Park Foundation helped young people participate in a service corps program at national parks.

As part of the celebration, Apple is showcasing relevant content and educational resources across its services, such as a curated Native American history guide in Apple Maps and collections of episodes centering on Indigenous voices in the Podcasts app.

Apple Watch users can earn a limited edition National Parks Activity Challenge award later this week. On August 27, users can earn the award by completing a hike, walk, run, or wheelchair workout of a mile or more.

Article Link: Apple Celebrates U.S. National Parks With Apple Pay Donations, Apple Watch Challenge, and More

 

[BWhaler]

Wonderful.

National Parks are the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than our worst. — Wallace Stegner

 

[BellSystem]

Quick! Help Apple get it's latest tax write off!!!!!!

 

[abowlby]

I'm happy to see Apple supporting our National Parks. The most amazing places in the country are the birth right of all Americans so long as each generation maintains them!

 

[BellSystem]

All the dislikes lol. If you can't see that this is them trying to push sales for the store AND Apple Pay and at the same time claim a tax write off at your expense.....I don't know what to tell you. It is so slimy. They get to triple dip:

1) Sales of products
2) Apple Pay transaction fees
2a) Potential Apple Card fees
3) Tax write off

I am all for the national parks....but let's not pretend this is Apple doing a nice thing.

 

[ILoveCalvinCool]

....I don't know what to tell you. It is so slimy.

Brother, there are slimier things out there than a large donation to national parks. All charitable contributions are tax-deductible. This doesn't make charitable giving suspect in and of itself. Apple could have donated to a lot of things. Find something else to complain about.

 

[BellSystem]

Brother, there are slimier things out there than a large donation to national parks. All charitable contributions are tax-deductible. This doesn't make charitable giving suspect in and of itself. Apple could have donated to a lot of things. Find something else to complain about.

You are confusing generosity with calculated a marketing and finance decision. If they really cared they would do this on a pre-order week or around a product cycle release. Not a stale period of slowing sales. Imagine the money they could raise if they did that. This is greed dressed up to look like charity.

 

[CarlJ]

.....I don't know what to tell you. It is so slimy.
...
I am all for the national parks....but let's not pretend this is Apple doing a nice thing.

So, I presume you will be donating a larger amount of money to National Parks than Apple does?

Find some other way to complain about Apple.

 

[ponzicoinbro]

Wonderful.

National Parks are the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than our worst. — Wallace Stegner

Confidence is a preference for the habitual voyeur

Of what is known as

Parklife.

 

[BellSystem]

So, I presume you will be donating a larger amount of money to National Parks than Apple does?

Find some other way to complain about Apple.

Go find another way to defend Apple blindly. Tell me how they have donated to a cause that wasn't a PR move or a tax write off. I'm waiting....

 

[Channan]

All the dislikes lol. If you can't see that this is them trying to push sales for the store AND Apple Pay and at the same time claim a tax write off at your expense.....I don't know what to tell you. It is so slimy. They get to triple dip:

1) Sales of products
2) Apple Pay transaction fees
2a) Potential Apple Card fees
3) Tax write off

I am all for the national parks....but let's not pretend this is Apple doing a nice thing.

Tax write off at our expense? Money back on write offs is never more than the amount donated. So even if it means Apple pays less in taxes, it doesn’t mean they’re coming out with more money in the end.

Plus, it’s far better than a lot of these other businesses that just ask their customers to donate money when they make a purchase. Now that’s slimy.

Also, sure it gives them good PR, but how many people do you think are going to make a purchase now that weren’t already going to before this?

 

[osxhero]

We know we've returned to the golden era when a computer company startup announces they're going to focus on making computers and perhaps the software that runs on it. Awww....the days of old.

 

[TheColtr]

Go find another way to defend Apple blindly. Tell me how they have donated to a cause that wasn't a PR move or a tax write off. I'm waiting....

Just because Apple, or anyone, benefits from a donation doesn’t make the donation a net bad. The reason for tax deductions is to encourage people and companies to donate to causes that are for the public good.

 

[svish]

The Apple watch challenge on 27th might be available only in the US!!

 

[w5jck]

But the photo looks like they are cutting down trees! What a cluster-flub of a publicity stunt!

 

[chucker23n1]

If they really cared they would do this on a pre-order week or around a product cycle release. Not a stale period of slowing sales. Imagine the money they could raise if they did that.

So your complaint is simultaneously that they're gonna do more sales this week and also that they aren't gonna have a lot of sales anyway?

Uh.

OK.

 

[BellSystem]

So your complaint is simultaneously that they're gonna do more sales this week and also that they aren't gonna have a lot of sales anyway?

Uh.

OK.

I'm sorry logic escapes you.