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Apple can brick your computer if you miss a payment to Goldman Sachs on the Apple Card

David Heinemeier Hansson · 2 Mar 2021

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Big tech companies should not be allowed to act as debt collectors

Apple should absolutely be barred from using their monopoly position in computing services to act as a debt collector for financial firms

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  1. Apple should absolutely be barred from using their monopoly position in computing services to act as a debt collector for financial firms
  2. If you're operating an essential digital services company, like Apple is with the iPhone, you can't also be the muscle for a loanshark business that charges 22% APR

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