What's significant about this is I hate it. Every venue or flight that just texts/emails me a picture of a barcode has worked fine. Now they've invented a flakier solution to an already-solved problem, probably to further iPhone lock-in.

Southwest boarding passes for example, they used to give me a PNG. Now it's the wallet thing that displays... a PNG. Oh look at that, my wife's iPhone is too old to use it, that's Apple's way of saying she should go buy another.

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mr_toad an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I’ve been in queues behind people who can’t find their tickets in their email, or whenever they saved it, or can’t get an internet connection to open their email, cloud drive, or whatever. So it doesn’t seem like a solved problem for everyone.

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MBCook 32 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I feel so sorry for the people at Whole Foods who have to people find their “prime code” in people’s apps because it’s impossible to find.

Or the workers at Amazon package drop off desks who can’t do their job because they have to help people find the return codes in the Amazon app or their emails.

You’re dead on. “Email works fine” is not the public’s experience.

I suspect this really is targeted at small organizations that want to make nice passes easily for clients. Small gyms or other places are unlikely to have staff with the knowledge to make passes and it would be a waste of their time anyway. This is far better.

	▲	JumpCrisscross 26 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> find their “prime code” in people’s apps because it’s impossible to find Just punch in your phone number.

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mahboi an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

The sms or email is either going to have an image or a wallet item. If they didn't go there beforehand to save it, it won't be in the wallet either.

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rafram an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Your wife’s iPhone is too old to support Apple Wallet?

	▲	mahboi an hour ago \| parent [-]
		It has Apple Wallet, but for whatever reason Southwest's thing doesn't work with it, only works on mine. So I have to screenshot it and send it to her. This illustrates how silly it is, cause the screenshot works fine without all these moving parts, and I even do that when traveling solo cause I don't trust the wallet.