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by cnst 1712 days ago
It's just another over-engineered gimmick from Apple. 12 (10 to third-party at intro?) may be slightly better for an average user than 8 (7 to third-party at intro?), but it still means that you have to delete and re-verify cards all the time, which defeats the whole purpose of the extra security for the data.

In Android Pay and now rebranded as Google Pay all contactless was and is unlimited. You never have to delete any card. You only have to re-verify the cards if you switch devices. That's literally how a digital wallet is meant to be, if you ask me.
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marcellus23 1711 days ago
> but it still means that you have to delete and re-verify cards all the time

None of your comments seem to show any realization that this is not a problem almost anyone faces. I do not have to delete and re-verify cards all the time — you do.

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cnst 1711 days ago
It's only not a problem for Apple fans because they've learned to accept subpar products with gimmick features and misleading marketing. Plus, the anticonsumer features being sold by Apple as security requirements.

And I don't have to delete any cards either, because for my daily driver I use actual professional devices that run Android instead of the "Pro" gimmicks without Pro features that Apple makes. Apple Pay is useless, so they get what they deserve: $0.00 spend from me because I'm not using it just for one card when I can use all of my cards in Android.

It's mind boggling how people will go to such great lengths to defend such a silly 7-card limit. Or all these suggestions that imply that carrying 20 cards is impractical, when they literally all fit into any Google device of same size as an iPhone. This whole thread and the downvotes are really a travesty. You'd think people on HN would know better than ignore the obvious. But I guess Apple fans are toxic and stubborn regardless of the forum.

Casual reminder that you're not supposed to downvote comments you simply disagree with, but only comments that are incorrect or don't contribute to a healthy discussion. But the Apple fans don't seen to care about such etiquette, and the net score of anyone saying anything that's not positive of Apple appears to be in the negative even here on HN that's supposed to be free of such obvious bias and fanatism.

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