Save Us Taylor Swift Cry Greeks As Capital Controls Shut Apple iCloud Space
Oh, the everyday little dramas of capital controls
A tourist wearing an "I Love Greece" cap checks her Apple Inc. iPad as she sails aboard a cruise ship in the Saronic gulf, west of Athens, Greece, on May 11, 2015.
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Some Apple Inc. customers in Greece started to experience a disruption to service Tuesday as controls on the movement of money began to grip the indebted nation.
Since Monday, Greek credit cards cannot be used to make payments abroad -- a fallout from limitations introduced by the government to stem a flight of cash as bailout talks faltered. Some account holders with subscription-based packages started to receive error messages on Tuesday while others had payments to the Appstore denied.