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posted by martyb on Wednesday February 06 2019, @04:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the Only-the-true-believers-may-worship-here dept.

An Apple store found a new low recently when a Sydney, Australia father was not able to purchase an item because the Apple staffer would only process his payment using Apple pay. In a move the buyer recounts as being 'stupidity', a staff member repeatedly tried to get the customer onto Apple pay instead of just processing the payment for the item. Things went downhill after the staffer asked the customer if he had an iPhone. The customer got the impression that he would need to use the Apple Pay app to buy what he wanted, when what he really needed was to pay and leave. After trying, and failing, to find a staff member who would just process his payment, the customer left the store, walked across the street, and purchased the same item from a JB Hi Fi store.


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday February 06 2019, @04:53PM (31 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday February 06 2019, @04:53PM (#797226) Homepage Journal

    Doesn't sound all that smart. Why not waste money on better, less overpriced kit and still make money on the stock?

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @05:00PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @05:00PM (#797231)

    He's not that smart

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @09:33PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @09:33PM (#797422)

      Reminds me of this business meeting I was in with a big company execs we were trying to integrate with. Our Data Scientist just got a new Apple watch, they were fairly new then, so kinda novelty item. One of the execs complimented her on it with a usual White Supremecist smirk. She thanked him him and said a bit about how it works. She wanted to say a lot more, but then she noticed the jackass had the $10K gold version on his own wrist. Really makes you think.

  • (Score: 2) by Apparition on Wednesday February 06 2019, @05:02PM (28 children)

    by Apparition (6835) on Wednesday February 06 2019, @05:02PM (#797235) Journal

    Depends on the Apple product. For better or for worse (probably worse), Apple makes the best tablet computers. Have you looked at Android tablets lately? They're all terrible at best.

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @05:19PM (6 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @05:19PM (#797246)

      Apple makes the best tablet computers. Have you looked at Android tablets lately? They're all terrible at best.

      Of course, that statement is not a subjective, qualitative opinion from a fanboy.

      • (Score: 2) by Apparition on Wednesday February 06 2019, @06:01PM (5 children)

        by Apparition (6835) on Wednesday February 06 2019, @06:01PM (#797267) Journal

        Of course it is subjective. But fanboy? Hardly. iPads are the only Apple products that I have ever used. I am currently typing this on an Android smartphone. I am just calling it as I see it.

        • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:50PM (4 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:50PM (#797392)

          I am just calling it as I see it.

          "... Have you looked at Android tablets lately? They're all terrible at best."

          Yet you are stating it as if it is fact.

          • (Score: 2) by Mykl on Wednesday February 06 2019, @11:32PM (3 children)

            by Mykl (1112) on Wednesday February 06 2019, @11:32PM (#797493)

            Sorry AC, you're deliberately misconstruing Apparition's comments in order to start a platform war. Apparition just confirmed in his post that he was making a subjective statement, so you just look foolish replying without reading properly.

            Here - try me instead.

            I, Mykl, make the following statement of fact: Android tablets are all terrible and iPads are the only logical choice for a tablet purchase.

            There you go - enjoy.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @12:38AM (1 child)

              by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @12:38AM (#797521)

              different ac. Ipads are very nice. Some android tablets are OK. Wouldn't blame anyone for getting a used ipad, tho.

              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @07:03AM

                by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @07:03AM (#797646)

                Different AC? FFS
                how am I supposed to tell you apart? Which is the apple fanboi amd which is the mainline android realist?

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            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @03:05AM

              by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @03:05AM (#797581)

              Sorry AC, you're deliberately misconstruing Apparition's comments in order to start a platform war.

              You seem to be the one who is doing most of the misconstruing:
              1. you misconstrue that I am trying to "start a platform war""
              2. you misconstrue that the latter, weak, qualifying statement by "Apparition" excuses his/her earlier unqualified expression of an opinion as fact.
              3. you "construe" that "Apparition" is a male.

              I, Mykl, make the following statement of fact: Android tablets are all terrible and iPads are the only logical choice for a tablet purchase.

              That's a real funny joke, but just stating a subjective opinion as a fact does not make it so.

    • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday February 06 2019, @05:54PM (10 children)

      by Freeman (732) on Wednesday February 06 2019, @05:54PM (#797262) Journal

      I recently purchased a Samsung tablet and am quite pleased with it. I got one with a built-in spot for the stylus and it is quite nice for drawing as well. I mostly got it for my wife to try out drawing.

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      • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @06:00PM (9 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @06:00PM (#797265)

        It is probably the same for all voice assistants, but Samsung lost a lot of faith when my new phone had their proprietary voice assistant that turns itself back on after I force it to stop, and it is recording audio at all times. I'd check your tablet for such crapware like Bixby.

        On that note, any recommendations for an Android fork to reflash the phone?

        • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Apparition on Wednesday February 06 2019, @06:04PM

          by Apparition (6835) on Wednesday February 06 2019, @06:04PM (#797274) Journal

          That is one point in Apple's favor. One of the first things I do when I get an iPad is disable Siri. It stays disabled.

          On my Sony Xperia Compact smartphone, I have to periodically disable Google Assistant after it re-enables and updates itself.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @07:08PM (7 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @07:08PM (#797320)

          LineageOS (formerly CyanogenMod) is the probably the most common non-Google Android ROM:
          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LineageOS [wikipedia.org]
          https://www.lineageos.org/ [lineageos.org]

          You can easily install Lineage without any of the Google stuff.

          • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:17PM (6 children)

            by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:17PM (#797359) Homepage Journal

            Easily install, yes. Easily use, that's another story. You do lose a bit of convenience but whether your convenience is worth that much and your privacy is worth that little is a decision for you once you've tried it out and can make an informed decision.

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            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:27PM (4 children)

              by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:27PM (#797371)

              AC questioner here, I used CM and the only convenience lost was with the shitty wifi manager that I hope has been changed, and removing Google services kept me from being able to use Uber or some other services that require Google's map API.

              You can still keep Google services, and there are plenty of options out there for cloud backups and the like. Only if you're totally locked into Google's ecosystem may you possibly lose convenience, but again you should be able to retain that crap if you want.

              • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:42PM

                by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:42PM (#797384)

                ... removing Google services kept me from being able to use Uber or some other services that require Google's map API.

                You can book Uber/Lyft with your phone's web browser. I do so with Ubports OS -- absolutely no "Google services" on my non-Android/non-IOS phone.

              • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday February 06 2019, @11:05PM (2 children)

                by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday February 06 2019, @11:05PM (#797475) Homepage Journal

                "without any of the Google stuff" was the qualification in the comment I replied to, so that's what I answered. I assumed that meant background services, playstore, and the like as well as the standard gapps. The background services are the ones that will cause you the most headaches if they're missing, though not enough that I install them.

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                • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @12:46AM (1 child)

                  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @12:46AM (#797526)

                  All the stuff, none of the fluff: https://microg.org/ [microg.org]

                  I can't believe you're not using microg. Then luckypatcher to pirate everything.

                  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday February 07 2019, @01:17PM

                    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday February 07 2019, @01:17PM (#797733) Homepage Journal

                    Kind of defeats the point if you're still using Google services. The library you use doesn't matter if the point of not installing Google shat in the first place was to get away from Google tracking your every move.

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            • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:44PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:44PM (#797385)

              With Lineage OS, you choose whether or not to install the Google crap. In addition, you can always add it (or desired portions of it) later.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:03PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:03PM (#797349)

      They're all terrible at best.

      I buy used ones and lick the screens for the cocaine

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:32PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:32PM (#797376)

        I buy used ones and lick the screens for the cocaine

        But it was also shoved up the hooker's...

        Nah. You don't want to know.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @07:05AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @07:05AM (#797647)

        MDC, did you forgot to log in?

    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:13PM (5 children)

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:13PM (#797356) Homepage Journal

      Nope. Mine's a windows 8 tablet. Don't judge, it was given to me because the giver didn't want it either. Works fine for porn when I'm not at my desktop, which is all the use I have for a tablet.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:18PM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:18PM (#797360)

        "Given to you" oh pleeeease

        We realize you know better, just come out and admit you're doing this to get back at the snooping bastards who think they'll get some blackmail worthy video :P

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @08:13AM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @08:13AM (#797660)

          I believe her. It's the porn part that sells it.

          Is teh windoze mobility dervice betters or worses for pr0n than otherz?

          • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday February 07 2019, @01:24PM

            by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday February 07 2019, @01:24PM (#797738) Homepage Journal

            The same. It plays videos. I'd install Linux on it but it's a pain what with only supporting a 32bit UEFI image and having a 64bit processor. After I got that working it turned out I'd have to recompile the kernel to include a storage device module that wasn't already built in, so I said screw it rather than set up a cross compiling environment or trying to compile on a badly underpowered tablet.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @03:34PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @03:34PM (#797795)

        How do you use a tablet one handed? It seems PC is better for that. Even my old blackberry could be operated one-handed, but a tablet? I don't know anyone that I want to help nor will help whilst I engage in porn watching on a fondleslab, as the register calls them. maybe you have a helmet with an extendable arm to hold the tablet at an optimum viewing angle and distance?

        • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday February 07 2019, @04:45PM

          by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday February 07 2019, @04:45PM (#797837) Homepage Journal

          Tell anyone of an engineering mindset to do something impossible and it'll probably get done. I mean they built big honkin pyramids and Stonehenge when most folks today couldn't figure out how to do either with the same tools if their lives depended on it.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:22PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:22PM (#797365)

      Then the time-old real question is... do we NEED these new gadgets in the first place?