No, a late Apple Card payment doesn`t hold your Apple ID hostage
(iMore iPhone)

The two issues this customer was experiencing are separate problems. What you need to know Apple has released a statement addressing fear about the consequences of a missed Apple Card payment. The company explains that the issues this particular customer was experiencing are not related to each other. Yesterday, a story arose about Apple potentially locking a user out of their Apple ID on all of their devices after failing to make a payment on their Apple Card. The story took off over the idea that it would be insanity for a company like Apple to essentially brick a customer`s experience across all of its services and products due to an issue with just one of them. It`s truly a rabbit-hole of a story and iMore`s Oliver Haslam is right when he calls the entire ordeal `madness.` Thankfully, it appears that the two issues were unrelated. In a statement provided to 9to5Mac, Apple says that the company disabled App Store, iTunes, and subscription services due to an issue with proce...