Sunday Reboot: Waiting a decade for Apple Pay and Apple Music
News Sunday Reboot: Waiting a decade for Apple Pay and Apple Music Malcolm Owen 0 e-mail BlueSky Mastodon X Facebook Reddit Sun Oct 04 2026, 04:07 PM EDT · 4 minute read Apple Pay in action. In this week's Sunday Reboot, the expansion of Apple Pay and Apple Music to some countries has taken a decade longer than they really should. They also demonstrate how delays can happen for many different reasons.
- ▪News Sunday Reboot: Waiting a decade for Apple Pay and Apple Music Malcolm Owen 0 e-mail BlueSky Mastodon X Facebook Reddit Sun Oct 04 2026, 04:07 PM EDT · 4 minute read Apple Pay in action.
- ▪In this week's Sunday Reboot, the expansion of Apple Pay and Apple Music to some countries has taken a decade longer than they really should.
- ▪They also demonstrate how delays can happen for many different reasons.
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News Sunday Reboot: Waiting a decade for Apple Pay and Apple Music Malcolm Owen 0 e-mail BlueSky Mastodon X Facebook Reddit Sun Oct 04 2026, 04:07 PM EDT · 4 minute read Apple Pay in action. In this week's Sunday Reboot, the expansion of Apple Pay and Apple Music to some countries has taken a decade longer than they really should. They also demonstrate how delays can happen for many different reasons. Sunday Reboot is a weekly column covering some of the lighter stories within the Apple reality distortion field from the past seven days. All to get next week underway with a good first step. Apple Music adds to its territory list It may be a surprise to some readers, but I'm not in the United States.
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