• herbalblend@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    Other than paying off my large Mac purchases over time, I’ve found very little use for this card in the wild.

    Bank of America select cash back does 3% on all online purchases, including apple.

    Chase freedom does 1.5% on everything. (which is a negligible difference from the 2% Apple Pay perk)

    The combination really puts apple only perk as 0% APR.

    I’m sure someone will vehemently tell me how wrong I am but, this is basically an in store credit card good for deferring payments only.

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      11 months ago

      Love how people spin things. You say 2% is a negligible difference from 1.5%, but people will shoot you dead if you dare use the physical card to only get 1% (which is a negligible difference from 1.5%)

      I say use what card works for you.

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      11 months ago

      Don’t forget purchase protections, extended warranties, point transfers, all of the bonus features provided by competitors even at 1.5% CB. Some offering more CB for other categories.

      Apple Card didn’t have an advantage in any category other than convenience.

      • purplebasterd@alien.topB
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        11 months ago

        The only benefits Apple Card has that others might not is no foreign transactions fees on a no AF card, wider acceptance of MC than AMEX, ease of use in the Wallet app, and 0% financing with 3% cash back on Apple products.