Greeks can’t use iTunes, the App Store, PayPal and more thanks to the financial crisis

Greece has a lot of problems right now as a result of the debt crisis, but one that you might not have immediately anticipated is that online services that require credit or debit payments to a foreign company are broken. And now apples App Store is declining Greek credit cards. How is Alexis going to download the latest candy crush ? — Philip Dragoumis (@pdragoumis) June 30, 2015 As BuzzFeed reports, the Greek government’s imposition of capital controls – which restrict citizens’ ability to take money out of the country – following its failure to make debt repayment, also mean they can’t…

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