As each day passes I feel less secure in my position that Apple is the easy recommendation for most people with regard to tech in general. If they’re going to use Sign in with Apple as a weapon then its primary virtue is no longer as a competitor on the web.
I'm going to stop using Sign in with Apple for anything other than throw-away accounts, and revert existing accounts to whatever password/email option is available.
Apple's implementation of account services is nowhere near good enough to justify their presence as the sole arbiter of anybody's identity. If at any point I decide to cut massively down on the web, and consequently a number of accounts, and I just want to use the best single-sign-on option then I'll go with whatever behemoth tech company does it best; right now that is Google, as far as I can tell.
@bix iCloud, broadly. Google absolutely destroys them for reliability, whilst even the design side of things is not as different as it once was.
@simonwoods in what way does Apple use Sign in as a weapon? I never use it so have never given any consideration to it.
@strandlines It made the news because Epic had to tell all of its customers that if they used it they would now have to convert to email-based sign-in. It's not a surprising development per se -- I've even had an Apple Defender whatabout me with regard to how much worse Google and Facebook are with their sign-in -- but yet more proof that Apple is no more a friend to developers, the web, and independence than any other behemoth.
@simonwoods I understand now - I hadn’t picked up on that particular detail. I never use sign on services. Never liked the idea of one of the behemoths having that amount of control in my internet usage.
@strandlines I'm happy to have seen Apple get involved, for the sake of competition and seeing them put in the hard work of actually proving their privacy-based marketing. But yes, I agree, the more I have thought about it the more I realised that I have no interest in these services, other than maybe for throw-away accounts; although I'm increasingly unlikely to even get involved if I feel the need to make a disposable account.
