Avoidable chain of events with Apple Card led to disabled Apple ID

A missed Apple Card payment and an avoidable chain of events associated with device payments, missed emails, and unreturned trade-ins led to one Twitter user’s Apple ID being disabled. Here’s what you can do to stop this from happening to you.
A man named Dustin Curtis reportedly had his Apple account “taken hostage” after he failed to pay an Apple Card payment. If this were the case, then it would be a terrible abuse of power from Apple by placing users in debt then holding their Apple ID as collateral.