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Petition to Apple: Allow Bitcoin wallets on iPhone
https://www.change.org/petitions/apple-allow-bitcoin-wallets-on-the-iphone

Good stuff.. but wouldn't it be better to increase the limit from 100 to 10,000 ?

Uhh, I already have a BTC wallet on my apple phone...blockchain app, pretty sure it was free too.

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Petition to bitcoin users: stop using apple products.   8)

I will continue to petition them via my method of never buying their product.

+1 I second that.

Good luck getting the Kardashian watching, coke snorting, designer clothing wearing (Paid for with fiat credit card), money wasting sheep of the world to join us in our defiance of apple, though. Gotta look cool, ya know!

Me too. That's better than having to beg for everything isn't it ;)

I hope for the TS that King Apple will honor the request and allow to run bitcoin wallets, but the idea that you have to petition to run a certain piece of software on a device that you own is beyond ludicrous to me.

I've noticed most people here don't like Apple.

I am proud to be one of you all ;D

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You sound jealous my friend...

Not all the people who snort coke or wear designer clothes use Apple.
Think of all the japanse people using htc , )

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Why would they, when the next iPhone will undoubtedly incorporate iCoin which you can then spend anywhere you please, so long as it's controlled by the temple of Jobs.

And apple is going to become a central bank!!! Bitcoin vs iCoin, like Linux vs Windows!  :D

Does Apple really continue to enforce a policy of no bitcoin wallet apps?

At some point in the past several weeks, many more of their employees must have heard of bitcoin and learned something about it, so as to differentiate it from whatever they don't like about it.  I don't think they're intrinsically against Bitcoin, and just can't imagine that they'll be against Bitcoin once the individual employees in their organization come to realize what it is and why it's so great.  They will reach a point (if not already) that their user base will start to complain loudly if they stick to that policy.  I don't expect a press release from Apple apologizing for their past rejections and trumpeting their welcome... but I do expect they will silently abandon their no-Bitcoin-wallet policy and apps should suddenly get through.

EDIT: I signed it and left a pretty good comment.  Hope it hits.

Signed!

It's widely believed that this one slipped under the radar, and my understanding is they've been avoiding sending updates to this app, just due to the risk that rocking the boat will cause it to disappear completely.

+1

http://blockchain.info/wallet/iphone-app

You do realize that petitions don't do shit, right? They don't even work that well in a democracy, so do you think a multinational company is going to care about a few thousand people?

Bro I LOVE my iPhone! also sorry for not getting bak to you earlier regarding the tatt, I was away on vacation. I'll send you an address a bit later

Surp

+1

+1, I am a proud non-apple user for the last 20 years, zero apple product bought. Regrettably my wife bought a iPhone 3gs against my advice. Though she quickly grew to hate the iPhone when compared to my mighty Android phone, and she became jealous of all the cool stuff I could do on my android. Now she owns android phone, and will only buy android phone in the future. Though she still likes her Macbook Air...

My gut tells me that Apple simply has a grudge against Bitcoin. Perhaps they know something we don't. WWJD? Jobs would have owned Bitcoin and probably developed a game system with GPUs and a cooling system that brews coffee.

It seems that the speculation is that they are gearing up to deliver a mobile payment solution. They are notorious for killing the competition on their platform. Who can blame them really. I'd love them to allow wallet apps more than anyone, as I plan on building a business around a wallet solution. But, I'm not hopeful, so I'm targeting Android first.

Truth.

I fully agree on your tool analogy. But in this case, the point is that these tools don't work :)

If you want a tool analogy let's say you can buy a cheap, rough but robust hammer A, that you can use any time you need a hammer. Or a stylish, expensive, overhyped hammer B for which you first have to petition Hammer Central before you can use it for an innovative new project.

I like my tools to work with me, not against me. Anyhow, good luck with your petition :)

Hate me if you like but my next computer will be a Mac.

Seems many round here hate Windows, and you hate Macs too? So you're mostly a bunch of Linux geeks?

Probably explains why so much about bitcoin has that unfinished, not really ready yet feel to it..?

You are free to buy what you like but don't expect any adulation from Bitcoin early adopters. Apple is the epitomy of closed market, walled garden technology. They screw huge percentages from app developers with what amounts to little better than an extortion racket. And if they tell app developers to jump, the only valid response is "how high?".

These things do not sit well with the principles behind Bitcoin. Just saying.

Give Apple a few years and they'll be in decline again, and more willing to compromise to stay in the game. Bitcoin could come in handy for Steam when Valve release the Steambox down the track to make buying content more secure (maybe through Ripple or a similar interface) and less at risk of identity fraud through obtaining credit card details, like what happened with Sony a couple of years back with their PSN network.

Am also looking to develop an app or two down the track as time allows, and will favour Android first over Apple, due to the greater ease and flexibility of being able to put something up on Google Play compared to the App Store.

which is nice except it stores your password in plaintext and it EASILY hacked.

Maybe a developer at Apple knows how frequently people get goxxxed and just don't want a bunch of retards calling in to tech support

I got my wife an ipad mini. She's happy with it, knowing what iOS can and can't do, and knowing what an android phone can and can't do. She also has an android phone, so the ipad mini is just a tool for her to get on facebook or viber or yahoo or chat or play time management games.

...and you can only use that hammer to drive nails purchased from Hammer Central.  And you can't drive those nails into any piece of wood that isn't purchased from Hammer Central.  And if you try to paint your project with paint purchased anywhere but Hammer Central, it won't stick to the wood.

Bitcoin and Apple:  like oil and water...

iPad, iPhone and a Windows 7 Laptop, works for me, never snorted Coke or any other shit ever and with a head like mine, fashion clothes are just a waste of time and money.

Then again, not enough time left to tell you how little I care about your lack of judgement based on whether someone uses an iOS, Android, Qnx or Windows based device.

If how you judge a person is merely based on peripheral devices and labels, then I really feel sorry for you.

Petition signed.