Apple has numerous payment apps in their online store. Square, paypal, etc. So I doubt this has anything to do with the competitive nature and more to do with the nebulous legal status that bitcoin currently has including laundering, tax issues, etc. If anything I think it’s more likely they don’t want to be viewed as lending credibility to something that world governments are starting to take a hard look at…and not wanting to be pulled in front of some Senate panel and explain why they allowed it.
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