Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
CVS Stores Reportedly Disabling NFC to Shut Down Apple Pay and Google Wallet
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
And yet now that Apple is using NFC, it's not a big deal that retailers are actively disabling it.
He who is without hypocrisy, let him throw the first stone.
This is getting really, really sad.
So Stupid
Yes - on Monday, the Meijer store near me happily accepted Apple pay both in the "Gas Station" store and in the main store. By Wednesday - Apple Pay was being rejected in the store - although it seems to still work in the gas station.
These companies are stupid to levy such support for currentc - all they are doing is losing money. Had I not been able to use NFC Apple Pay today, I would have been hosed because I had no cards on me.
First CVS stops celling cigarettes, now they stop taking Apple Pay - I assume pretty soon they'll just remove the cash registers and admit that they just don't want to collect any more money...
LOL.
Yes - on Monday, the Meijer store near me happily accepted Apple pay both in the "Gas Station" store and in the main store. By Wednesday - Apple Pay was being rejected in the store - although it seems to still work in the gas station.
These companies are stupid to levy such support for currentc - all they are doing is losing money. Had I not been able to use NFC Apple Pay today, I would have been hosed because I had no cards on me.
First CVS stops celling cigarettes, now they stop taking Apple Pay - I assume pretty soon they'll just remove the cash registers and admit that they just don't want to collect any more money...
LOL.
Last edited:
So you think the solution to customers and retailers having choices is to make it so there's no choice?
Brilliant
Apple allows Starbucks contactless payments. They host the Starbucks card in Passbook. They don't even, to the best of my knowledge, take a cut of the transactions.
Has it occurred to anyone that it's entirely possible that many retailers did not know that just because they had NFC, that meant Apple pay would work with their systems? Perhaps AFTER realizing this, they wanted to block it.
And it's also possible that while some consumers have thought it has been easier to check out - that it's actually slowed down the registers at some of these stores because of the learning curve?
And then there's the fact that some of these retailers want to push their own consortium. How is that any different than what Apple, ISIS or anyone else has done?
Again - I find the spoiled brat mentality of some (not all here) ridiculous.
And it's also possible that while some consumers have thought it has been easier to check out - that it's actually slowed down the registers at some of these stores because of the learning curve?
And then there's the fact that some of these retailers want to push their own consortium. How is that any different than what Apple, ISIS or anyone else has done?
Again - I find the spoiled brat mentality of some (not all here) ridiculous.
So you think the solution to customers and retailers having choices is to make it so there's no choice?
Brilliant
But aren't those other companies doing the same thing? Right or wrong they started this first, do I think Apple or Google will ban their apps, no, but I wish they would.
Bad Move
Did the right thing with not selling cigarettes but had to mess it all up this. They will lose a boatload of customers who will just cross the street to Walgreens.......
Did the right thing with not selling cigarettes but had to mess it all up this.
They will lose a boatload of customers who will just cross the street to Walgreens.......To the 3 posters below.... if Apple chooses not to support MCX in their retail stores next year, will you show this much rage as well? Or would you say: Hey, it's Apple's prerogative (not..it's their DAMN RIGHT!) to use whatever payment system they want.
Just wondering why you guys think a business can't make its own rules on what they support or don't? Or are you just typical fanatics that want to bash anything anti-Apple because CVS somehow inflicted harm on you?
Just wondering why you guys think a business can't make its own rules on what they support or don't? Or are you just typical fanatics that want to bash anything anti-Apple because CVS somehow inflicted harm on you?
Do you know what's worse than being a luddite? Being an early adopter who HAS to be seen using the latest technological development, just for the sake of vanity......... or maybe the REAL story is self-validation, and people HAVING to justify the ridiculous amounts of money they spend on a phone which - apart from being much larger, barely does anything different from the last three iterations... apart from... allow you to... .... wait for it.... WAIT FOR ITTTT..... pay for something with it!
"WOWWWWWW!"
This is a form of self-reassurance that your purchase decision was a wise one - you HAVE to justify that outlay, and whatever it takes, you're determined to not let up with the self-reassurance until you've satisfied yourselves that... yeah - it works. Once the novelty wears off, you'll be in the "Apple pay - big deal" mode, and then clammering and sweating, waiting to see what new "innovations" Apple will bring you NEXT year...
It never ends... it's really rather sad, in a way.
I will pay with something else. When my parents ask me about CurrentC (and they will), I will go into graphic detail about the system and how it puts their banking information in the "cloud" and at the mercy of hackers.
I hope the marginal profit these merchants earn by cutting out the card processors will offset the lost traffic caused by driving away customers that prefer to use the more convenient, more secure, less intrusive service offered by Apple.
The MCC system will die on the vine even with the promised discounts for using it, because the trend will be away from granting merchants home-grown access to their checking accounts.
The MCC system will die on the vine even with the promised discounts for using it, because the trend will be away from granting merchants home-grown access to their checking accounts.
Is Apple insecure and afraid by having iOS a walled garden? By not allowing other apps to be default apps?
Yes, if you're willing to give them your SSN and trust the merchant and CMX with direct access to your bank account. I'm not.
False analogy. It does not apply to banning NFC, when you can still use credit cards though at the same store.
Do you know what's worse than being a luddite? Being an early adopter who HAS to be seen using the latest technological development, just for the sake of vanity......... or maybe the REAL story is self-validation, and people HAVING to justify the ridiculous amounts of money they spend on a phone which - apart from being much larger, barely does anything different from the last three iterations... apart from... allow you to... .... wait for it.... WAIT FOR ITTTT..... pay for something with it!
"WOWWWWWW!"
This is a form of self-reassurance that your purchase decision was a wise one - you HAVE to justify that outlay, and whatever it takes, you're determined to not let up with the self-reassurance until you've satisfied yourselves that... yeah - it works. Once the novelty wears off, you'll be in the "Apple pay - big deal" mode, and then clammering and sweating, waiting to see what new "innovations" Apple will bring you NEXT year...
It never ends... it's really rather sad, in a way.
Yet, you just had to put your two cents in. Just like that. What did compell you... Hmmm. Confirming your own bias, your own choices? Hey, it goes both ways this judging people.
It is not like NFC is some world wide Apple conspiracy btw. If It was,maybe you'd have a point.
People want the convience and security that this brings. The US doesn't even have chip and pin for god's sake.
Is it too much to ask that the US finally steps into the 10s and get their act together? People see this as a way to get the security the need.
I think these needs are not exclusive to Apple customers as security leaks of customer information happens every single week seemingly, not to mention Identity theft that is now rampant.
It will die because I will not tie my ATM card and checking account to in-store system, I shop a lot at Target and lose 5% on every purchase because of this. I hope this kind of system dies a fast death and everyone uses NFC and maybe some tyre of in-store savings card, that way they could still track you and it would be your decision not theirs.
Everyone should go to CVS and RiteAid, put about $50-100 of stuff in their buggy, and then when they don't accept ApplePay tell them never mind and walk out.
Excuse me, spoiled brat?..... because I see the dangers of MCX and I refuse to my banking information in the hand of hackers? all because I am not smart enough to "trust" someone else to guard the "cloud".. This has the Fappening 2.0 written all over without the naked pictures..