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Apple! – Start Here

 

Accounts, … incl. Subscriptions

There are at least the following four (4) different entries to different types of information, functionalities…

(1) AppleID

  • appleid.apple.com, for
    • Sign-In and Security
    • Personal Information
    • Payment Methods
    • Family Sharing
    • Devices
    • Privacy

(2) Apple Store Account

(3) iCloud.com

  • icloud.com, accessing applications (list per Sep 2022):
    • Mail
    • Contacts
    • Calendar
    • Photos
    • iCloud Drive
    • Notes
    • Reminders
    • Pages
    • Numbers
    • Keynotes
    • Find iPhone

(4) Subscriptions – App Store app

What’s available where (countries)

Next from personal-access-only chatgpt.com/c/6a084719-36d4-83ea-a6be-5cb2eb15aabc:

Based on Apple’s “Availability of Apple Media Services” page, here’s a side-by-side comparison for the United States vs Sweden for the major Apple media/content services:

Apple Media Service United States Sweden
App Store Yes Yes
Apple Arcade Yes Yes
Apple Books Store Yes Yes
Apple Music Yes Yes
Apple Music Classical Yes Yes
Apple Podcasts Yes Yes
Apple TV / Apple TV+ Yes Yes
iTunes Store Yes Yes
Apple One Yes Yes
iCloud+ Yes Yes
Apple Fitness+ Yes Yes
MLS Season Pass Yes Yes
Apple News Yes ❌ No
Apple News+ Yes ❌ No
Apple Cash Yes ❌ No
Apple Card Yes ❌ No
Apple Sports app Yes ❌ Limited / not officially supported
Friday Night Baseball Yes Yes
Apple Games app Yes Yes

Some of the biggest practical differences:

  • The US has Apple’s finance ecosystem:
    • Apple Cash
    • Apple Card
    • deeper Wallet integrations
  • Sweden has almost all entertainment/media services, but:
    • no Apple News / News+
    • no Apple Cash
    • no Apple Card
  • Streaming/media availability is otherwise very similar between the two countries.

Sources:

Canceling subscription

Extracts from If you want to cancel a subscription from Apple – support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039:

On iPhone, iPad:

  1. Open the Settings app.
  2. Tap your name.
  3. Tap Subscriptions.
  4. Tap the subscription.
  5. Tap Cancel Subscription. You might need to scroll down to find the Cancel Subscription button. If there is no Cancel button or you see an expiration message in red text, the subscription is already canceled.

On Mac:

  1. Open the App Store app.
  2. Click your name. If you can’t find your name, click Sign In.
  3. Click Account Settings.
  4. Scroll to Subscriptions, then click Manage
  5. Next to the subscription, click Edit.
  6. Click Cancel Subscription. If there is no Cancel or Cancel Subscription button, the subscription is already canceled.

 

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