I've come to expect huge numbers of negative and apple bashing posts for any given article. But I saw this article and wondered how anyone could possibly have anything negative to say about it. I was wrong.
Of course you will do. You'd be naive to think otherwise. We are not sheep. So for everything that Apple does there will be those that like it and those that dislike it. Just like anything else.
As for this current promotion I for one won't fall for it. I don't particularly fancy Apple having a record of my bank and credit cards. There has to be a reason why Apple Pay is being so heavily promoted. After all there has to be a benefit in it for both Apple and Mastercard. No business (especially Apple) does anything for free nowadays.
And if in the future Apple Pay intends to go the same way as Paypal (i.e. the system can be used for purchases of any amount) then there is a risk in UK that people would lose the section 75 protection.
I can understand using Apple Wallet for storing store loyalty cards since there's so many of them but why one would need to use Apple Pay beats me. Slimming down the wallet? - surely not, most people dont walk about with more than 3 or 4 bank or credit cards in their wallets. Plus I would bet that most of the people that use Apple Pay still carry those same cards in their wallet anyway. Speed and convenience? - surely not, contactless pay is everywhere and just as easy to use.
I have yet to be shown the purposefulness of ApplePay...