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if there are alternative credit cards available that do not track/resell your purchase history

Apple Card is a start: https://www.goldmansachs.com/privacy-and-cookies/Apple_Card_...

"The types of personal information Goldman Sachs Bank USA collects and shares depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include: Social Security number and account balances account transactions and purchase history transaction history and payment history

For Goldman Sachs Bank USA's marketing purposes: to offer our other products and services to you Does Goldman Sachs Bank USA share? No

For joint marketing with other financial companies Does Goldman Sachs Bank USA share? No

For Goldman Sachs Bank USA's affiliates to market to you Does Goldman Sachs Bank USA share? No

For nonaffiliates to market to you Does Goldman Sachs Bank USA share? No"

Thank you for answering my question! I wasn't aware that Apple had a credit card.

I think it's U.S. only right now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Card

I'd be wary of it if I were you. Just last week I heard some horror stories about people being locked out of their AppleID after missing a payment.

While both AppleCard and AppleID were involved in the story, the situation wasn’t exactly that.

Apple issued this statement in response: “We apologize for any confusion or inconvenience we may have caused for this customer. The issue in question involved a restriction on the customer’s Apple ID that disabled App Store and iTunes purchases and subscription services, excluding iCloud. Apple provided an instant credit for the purchase of a new MacBook Pro, and as part of that agreement, the customer was to return their current unit to us. No matter what payment method was used, the ability to transact on the associated Apple ID was disabled because Apple could not collect funds. This is entirely unrelated to Apple Card.”

https://9to5mac.com/2021/03/03/apple-card-apple-id-unrelated...

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