Apple has apparently caught wind that I’m using other systems and decided that I’m a heretic, because starting this morning nothing has worked right.
My roommate likes to use iMessage to send me his part of the utilities and to pay off the loans I’ve given him, and as of this morning iMessage says my account isn’t eligible for Apple Cash payments. Following this Apple Music, which I have a year’s worth of subscription in the queue, stopped working in Windows and Android – insisting that I need to log back in, but then refuses to let me log back in.
And being as these are the last things I was actually using Apple for, I’ve decided to completely move on.
I’ll keep the account, just because I’ve had an Apple account since Apple accounts were a thing, even though all I get at my “.mac” address is spam. And I’ll keep the credit card open as it doesn’t cost anything to do so, but without an iPhone the card is pretty much useless.
For payments we used Zelle this morning, which seems to work just as well and has the added advantage of going straight into my bank accounts versus the Apple debit card. And for Apple Music I’ve decided to give Spotify a whirl and paid for a year of that. It was cheaper than Apple Music, but hopefully just as good.
Listening to "I've Seen All Good People" by Yes