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The Convoluted-System Edition Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Buying Coffee With Your Phone Is Easy. Paying For The Subway Is A Pain., by Shira Ovide, Washington Post

If you’ve struggled to buy an e-book in an app, access your electronic medical records, book a vaccination appointment online, or pay for the bus with your phone, you might have wondered: Why is this so hard?

In Stewart’s case, three convoluted systems — public transportation, financial payments and especially workplace benefits — are conspiring to make paying for his commute like a circle of hell that Dante never imagined.

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Apple Music Users Report Seeing Other People's Playlists In Their Libraries, by Tim Hardwick, MacRumors

Apple Music appears to be sparking serious privacy concerns for some users, with multiple complaints on Reddit about other people's playlists randomly appearing in their music libraries in the Music app.

Nomad Launches 'Stand One' MagSafe Charger, by Juli Clover, MacRumors

Apple accessory company Nomad today announced the launch of the Stand One, a new charging product that is designed for MagSafe iPhones. The charger is equipped with an official Made for iPhone ‌MagSafe‌ charging puck, which is able to charge a MagSafe-compatible device at up to 15W.

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iOS 16.4 Allows Health Authorities To End Their Support For Apple's COVID-19 Exposure Notifications Feature, by Chance Miller, 9to5Mac

In iOS 16.4, Apple has added underlying support for health departments to end their support of the Exposure Notifications API. When a health authority decides to end support for the feature, users will see a message on their iPhone informing them of that decision.

Fertility Apps Collect Unnecessary Personal Data And Could Sell It To Third Parties – Study, by Josh Taylor, The Guardian

Four of Australia’s top 12 fertility apps are unnecessarily collecting highly sensitive information and have left the door open to selling the data to other companies, a study has found.

Apple Pay Breaks Record With 1 Million Subscribers In S. Korea On First Day, by Philip Lee, Pickool

According to Ted Chung, vice chairman of Hyundai Card, one of Apple Pay’s partners in Korea, the number of Apple Pay tokens issued exceeded 1 million by 10 pm on 21 March.

He posted on his social media account that Apple said this was the “highest record ever” for its payment service.

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Apple makes computers that last and last. That's good.

On the other hand, Apple's accessories tend not to last and last.

And in related news, I am now using my old iPad cover-less and folio-less.

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