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Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'We're Going To Kill Cash' (cnet.com)
At a media event on Thursday, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the Touch ID on the new MacBook Pros will make it incredibly easy for people to do online money transactions. After the event, speaking to reporters Cook made a bold statement about how he sees Apple Pay. CNET reports: "We're going to kill cash," he said. "Nobody likes to carry around cash." He makes most of his purchases with Apple Pay (which is not surprising).Cook's comment comes days after Australia's top banks refused to support Apple Pay, saying that the company has been 'intransigent, closed and controlling'.
I'm sorry but my dealer disagrees.
Why carry a wallet with cash when you can lug around your macbook pro instead.
And I endorse that message!
Tim Cook has people to buy things for him.
He also said "Maps will kill Google Maps" after the first release of Apple Maps...
Slashdot, fix the reply notifications... You won't get away with it...
*How does semi-blind grandma aged 90 use Applepay? Should your 4 yr old be given an iPhone to store her pocket money? Should the government give free broadband and laptops to the unemployed just so they can shop for essentials?
If you're Apple - yes, frankly, everyone should have an iPhone. Even the four year old who needs to learn about money by spending a 10c piece at the grocery store for a paper bag of cheap lollies. She definitely needs a $700 phone.
If you're Apple.
For the rest of us it is just a mindless statement by an out of touch rich white guy stroking himself (stroking his ego, get your mind out of the gutter) on stage for applause.