I am surprised to see Apple getting into the "buy now, pay later" game, as it's always seemed like a murky industry that works by exploiting poor people who aren't very good with money, and not something I'd expect Apple to want to be associated with. Can anyone steelman it for me? Is there a way of looking at this industry/practice other than "exploitative and predatory"?
A credit card lets me delay payment for a month otherwise it’s 30% interest. These schemes let me delay for multiple months for free otherwise it’s 8% interest.