[zepto]

> But policies can change, so it's a fair conversation to have if in fact the stated thing happened.

Yes, but it’s a not a fair conversation to start by spreading a false statement.

If we’re just speculating about the policies, headlines like the one on this post are simply not true.

Right now, that may be exactly what has happened. We don’t know yet but we do know it’s not as simple as the tweet and headline claim.

[totalZero]

Not sure if you're referring to me but I haven't spread any false statements. I have neither argued that the tweet is true nor that it is false. What I did was ask if the guy making the comment had any evidence for what he was saying. Others had already asked dcurtis the same and he said he would write more about it later.

I wanted to know if the comment was just a pontification or if there was actually a reason to dismiss what dcurtis said. As I explained earlier, I have a direct reason (a purchase) to care,

If you actually think I speculated about anything, please quote where I did so.

[zepto]

I’m not accusing you of anything.

There is clearly reason to doubt what Dcurtis said, as you have agreed.

I’m referring to this overall conversation which is a discussion of a statement by Dcurtis, which we already know is not what it originally sounded like, and may turn out to be false.

[totalZero]

Doubting something and dismissing it are two different animals in the same zoo.

https://dcurt.is/apple-card-can-disable-your-icloud-account

Turns out his issue is also related to an M1 purchase. Go figure.

[zepto]

This discussion wasn’t dismissing anything.

They were just saying that it was highly unlikely to be true.

This is his original statement:

> If you miss an Apple Card payment, Apple disables all your Apple accounts

It turns out that as writing it is complete and utter bullshit.

Also, Apple Card provides a lot of notifications of due payments if you don’t have autopay.

Somehow he doesn’t mention those.

The fact that he made a bullshit statement thar would have been cause for great concern if true, to a much more complicated story of compounded errors that would affect very few people and doesn’t explain how he missed the warnings, undermines his credibility.

Seems like he screwed up and is just trying to save face.

The comment thread on the more accurate blog post he wrote later seems like a very reasonable discussion of the issue itself.

This comment thread is a reasonable discussion about how it seemed like he made a false statement, because that’s what he did.