Why Apple is Anti-Bitcoin

[gsingh]

Why Apple doesn't like Bitcoin. Is there any hidden Agenda?

http://www.coindesk.com/apple-gliph-remove-app-bitcoin-transfer/
http://pando.com/2013/12/09/does-apple-hate-bitcoin-a-look-behind-gliphs-temporary-removal-from-the-app-store/

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[Gabi]

Maybe because the average user would have problems with bitcoin and then would blame apple for that?

[zimmah]

apple is anti-anything that does not make them money

[jongameson]

Apple is a genuinely nice company that doesn't want to see people gain money, especially after their loser friend sends them the equivalent of $15,000,000 in 2016 dollars

[wnetwork]

If Apple doesn't make a cent then they won't allow it. Apple never like free stuffs.

[gsingh]

I think it's time to switch to Android 

[gusti]

Once they figure they are losing customers to android for things like this, they will review their policy.

[btcfre@k]

because apple like to control everything...and no one can control bitcoin..so on long term it can be against theire plan...thats my opinion

[deed02392]

Maybe because the average user would have problems with bitcoin and then would blame apple for that?

I think this is the most feasible explanation.

[CompNsci]

My next phone will likely be an Android device. Despite being a long time Apple fan, I am fed up with this policy of theirs.

[hilariousandco]

Maybe Apple are feeling the hands of the US government tightening around their necks. Or maybe they're just twats.

What was the max amount of BTC you could send with Gliph? Maybe it's a money laundering/regulation thing.

[bitpop]

Apple will go to hell

[C10H15N]

...Or maybe they're just twats.

We have a winner!   

-Posted from my iPad (not really). 

[beetcoin]

apple is anti-anything that does not make them money

this is what i was about to say. maybe they were planning on coming out with "iMoney"

[VforVictory]

apple is anti-anything that does not make them money

this is what i was about to say. maybe they were planning on coming out with "iMoney"

Stop being an iDiot.

[flynn]

Who is Apple ?

[hilariousandco]

...Or maybe they're just twats.

We have a winner!   

-Posted from my iPad (not really). 

 

Who is Apple ?

A type of fruit.

[crazy_rabbit]

Apple has itunes, which in itself is a payment service. They would prefer a future where you pay for your groceries with your iphone using itunes credits or some other 'iPayment' system. Thats why they don't like bitcoin. It's competition, competition they don't earn money from.

[beetcoin]

knowing apple, they'll probably register the "iBitcoin" trademark and then sue the bitcoin foundation for copyright infringement. then they will come out with some sappy commercial with instrumental music, and then at the end you'll see on your tv "this changes everything." then in a few years, they will come out with a revolutionary payment system that complements iBitcoin, which is called iScrewyouover

[Pente]

because apple like to control everything...and no one can control bitcoin..so on long term it can be against theire plan...thats my opinion

+1

Apple is a cult of control freaks.

[LiteCoinGuy]

[mateo]

Like a lot of people have said here. Apple is a control freak. It's their policy and has been for a long time. They're an embodiment of everything that could go wrong with capitalism.

[beetcoin]

the ironic thing about apple from the 80's was that it was counter-culture and spoke against the authority (that told you what to do and what not to)... take a look at this commercial about the book "1984." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zfqw8nhUwA

apple basically told you to say "fuck the man," at least until it became the man.

[freethink2013]

Apple has itunes, which in itself is a payment service. They would prefer a future where you pay for your groceries with your iphone using itunes credits or some other 'iPayment' system. Thats why they don't like bitcoin. It's competition, competition they don't earn money from.

it's pretty much this. also apple want a cut of every payment sent through an app. paypal is only on there because it's so big - apple would love to fuck them off too.

[zimmah]

Once they figure they are losing customers to android for things like this, they will review their policy.

too late, once nokia realized customers started moving because of their crappy OS (even though they had pretty cool phones, hardware-wise) they were no longer market leader. And even though they did change their policy, they are nowhere near as popular as they used to be.

[zimmah]

apple is anti-anything that does not make them money

this is what i was about to say. maybe they were planning on coming out with "iMoney"

according to this link, you're right.

[paduser]

For every in App Payment they receive 30 %. If a user pay with BTC they dont see and don't receive their money.

[cdog]

iphone is nice hardware but other companies have caught up

honestly I think samsung makes some pretty amazing phones now

and android > iOS, obviously

[GigaCoin]

I like apple OSX, but Apple crushes any innovation outside it's circle.

[Ch1bi]

knowing apple, they'll probably register the "iBitcoin" trademark and then sue the bitcoin foundation for copyright infringement. then they will come out with some sappy commercial with instrumental music, and then at the end you'll see on your tv "this changes everything." then in a few years, they will come out with a revolutionary payment system that complements iBitcoin, which is called iScrewyouover

This is so true.. With so many patent battles and a closed ecosystem, what did you expect?   

[DoomDumas]

Apple is to try their iMoney, then bitcoin are competition.. when they will realize that iMoney is'nt good for them, maybe they will open their mind to Bitcoin.. They will be late adopter, and meanwhile are missing tons of profits by not economizing tx fees !

[lunarboy]

Coindesk sums it up pretty well

http://www.coindesk.com/apple-ibeacon-mobile-payments/   

[polarhei]

Bitcoin drains the money So be it.

[kazzy]

I'm pretty sure apple is anti-Bitcoin because they know too well about the Tor network.