'Who knows what the algorithm is,' Steve Wozniak said.
Another tech entrepreneur’s Twitter TWTR, +0.15% thread accusing the card initiative from Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.60% and Goldman Sachs GS, -1.56% of gender discrimination has gone viral over the past few days, and even fueled an investigation into the algorithms that the card uses to determine credit limits.
‘I’m a current Apple employee and founder of the company and the same thing happened to us despite not having any separate assets or accounts. Some say the blame is on Goldman Sachs but the way Apple is attached, they should share responsibility.’ Steve Wozniak Wozniak wrote that he and his wife share bank accounts, credit cards and “financially we are ONE in every regard.” They have identically high limits on their other credit cards, including the American Express AXP, -0.
— Steve Wozniak November 10, 2019 Heinemeier Hansson’s complaint alleges that his wife’s application for a credit-line increase was declined, and that the four customer-service reps that the couple spoke with said they were unable to help, blaming it on Apple’s algorithm. Again, Wozniak said that he and his wife could relate. He explained that his wife had also called customer service to figure out what happened, but, he said, “got nowhere.
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