The Apple Card Didn't 'See' Gender—and That's the Problem
The Apple Card Didn't 'See' Gender—and That's the Problem
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
November 20, 20195m 23s
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Show Notes
The Apple credit card, launched in August, ran into major problems last week, when users noticed that it seemed to offer smaller lines of credit to women than to men. The scandal spread on Twitter, with influential techies branding the Apple Card “fucking sexist,” “beyond f’ed up,” and so on. Even Apple’s amiable cofounder, Steve “Woz” Wosniak, wondered, more politely, whether the card might harbor some misogynistic tendencies.
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