Re:Banned from Google Ads for Using Apple Card
by jonknee on Friday August 30, 2019 @03:50PM
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I usually pay with Amex and sometimes a business will say "Oh sorry, we don't take Amex". Never once have they ushered me out the door and issued a trespass notice. Instead I just pay another way and we are both happy. That seems pretty optimal.
Re:Banned from Google Ads for Using Apple Card
by harshreality on Friday August 30, 2019 @03:49PM
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If that's the case, they should simply reject charges from virtual cards, rather than charging them and then banning the account.
Re:Banned from Google Ads for Using Apple Card
by microtherion on Friday August 30, 2019 @04:37PM
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But as I've argued above, maybe the deterrent effect is a feature, as long as it's the use of virtual cards that is deterred and not the use of Google products.
Re:Banned from Google Ads for Using Apple Card
by wrs on Friday August 30, 2019 @05:55PM
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Wouldn't you say that banning you from using Google products forever is a pretty darn effective way of deterring you from using those products?
Re:Banned from Google Ads for Using Apple Card
by microtherion on Friday August 30, 2019 @07:05PM
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That would be one way of looking at it. But the OP took the opposite conclusion, that one should avoid using Apple Card. So we have one user who is using neither Apple Card nor Google products, and a number of his readers, who are deterred from using Apple Card.
Re:Banned from Google Ads for Using Apple Card
by dzhiurgis on Saturday August 31, 2019 @01:35AM
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Add this to the list for Elizabeth Warren to bust big tech's balls for...
Others within last 30 days:
Ah, but is it really obvious? One of the benefits of virtual card numbers, in particular the Apple Card implementation, is that it's easy to switch them out, which makes tracking harder.
Could it be that a company that makes its living off tracking users would not be overly fond of virtual card numbers? As long as users' reaction is "if you're planning on using the Apple Card for anything important, think again", it looks like the AI did exactly what it was meant to do.