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Re:iOS now requires Sign On with Apple alongside other auth ... by gretch on Saturday March 07, 2020 @10:35PM (#22516179)
It could be hurting you by opportunity (no way to ever know)

Imagine a single developer who has an idea to make a cool app. Because data linking is a core part of the app, they will either implement Sign in with Facebook or Google. They don't even have enough cycles to implement the other one, and they certainly don't have the time or energy to implement Sign in with Apple, so the app never gets created.

Well that app could have really benefited a niche audience potentially and we now you'll never have it.

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Re:iOS now requires Sign On with Apple alongside other auth ... by kyralis on Saturday March 07, 2020 @10:39PM (#22516195)
This is a completely invalid scenario. You are only required to implement Sign In with Apple if you use some other third-party sign-in system. If you implement your own sign-in system, there is no requirement for you to implement Sign In with Apple.
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Re:iOS now requires Sign On with Apple alongside other auth ... by gretch on Saturday March 07, 2020 @10:53PM (#22516242)
I don't understand your comment. I addressed that part in my comment?
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Re:iOS now requires Sign On with Apple alongside other auth ... by fyfy18 on Sunday March 08, 2020 @01:30AM (#22516644)
That sounds like a very unrealistic scenario. This is using OAuth2 behind the scenes (same as Facebook and Google login), so you only need to integrate another provider, not integrate a completely different authentication system. That means you need a couple of URLs, a secret key, and a new button on your login screen.

I'm not a mobile developer, but I do run a SaaS that has Facebook and Google login, and adding Apple login would take me a couple of hours tops. I can't see how it would be magnitudes different on a mobile app.

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Re:iOS now requires Sign On with Apple alongside other auth ... by Marsymars on Sunday March 08, 2020 @03:11AM (#22516757)
I don't quite understand what you mean by data linking. Do you mean an app that request additional permissions beyond login to your FB/Google account in order to do FB/Google specific things?
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