Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on September 11

Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by hapticmonkey on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @07:07PM (#24426985)

Apple's defense is that their walled garden and strict rules are what's stopping their ecosystem from becoming a cesspool of scams or fake or harmful apps. Users (who are not "power users") trust Apple's ecosystem.

The user experience of installing from their app store and using their sign in method is so much better than the experience of installing from the web and signing in via other methods. It frustrates me that the entire industry failed to create a suitable sign-in option and Apple felt they had to step in to create something with good UX while respecting users' privacy.

I'd love for the iOS ecosystem to open up more, but I also know it would be exploited easily and create an industry-wide race-to-the-bottom for UX and privacy.

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Re:Apple Disabling 'Sign in with Apple' for Epic Games on Se... by donmcronald on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @08:56PM (#24427786)

You're taking on risk for that sign in convenience though. What do you do if Apple bans your account? If the services you're using have absolutely zero info about you, how do you prove who you are and get your account back?

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