Apple ID

“you can still walk into a store with ID and recover your online identity”

“To download apps on an iphone, you need an apple id.”

“Again, apple provides support, google does not.”

“Apple seems to have gotten better at canning the spam”

“deleted all the associated users along with the Apple ID which I used to log into a testing device, which now became a fairly expensive paperweight”

“You cannot even change the password of an apple ID without logging into a macOS or iOS device.”

“I get an error when I try to use my phone number. It's like a distinction without a difference.”

“I've lost access to several Apple IDs over the last 20 years w the same phone number.”

“I basically need two Apple IDs because switching the region for your App Store is very inconvenient if you have any subscriptions.”

“Apple's capricious BS, I probably wouldn't go that route since if their braindead fraud systems or braindead employees decide you're a threat actor”

“Apple CREATED the multiple-accounts problem for millions of people by implementing their idiotic "Apple ID must be an E-mail address" policy.”

“Apple cannot be trusted. They are a fashion company and not a tech company any more.”

“reputable locker service containing your money, important documents and potentially photos spanning decades”

“you just need to avoid giving Apple all of your life: your photos, documents, emails, backups, passwords, bills”

“The big problem in this story as in the past one is the apparent lack of sensible escalation.”

“Apple can and should fix this issue without having to retort to misery for everyone.”

“the few instances that I used one, I hit that risk myself and now have an expensive paper weight instead of a tablet”

“Google and Apple can and will delete your content at any time for any reason and there is no appeals court.”

“it is crazy that there is no cool-off period where you get banned like this even by mistake”

“It should be easy enough to walk in a HQ / office and show credible ID and get your account unlocked.”

“Apple does not care about them at all and they chose to bet their entire digital life on Apple's benevolence anyway.”

“no way to pay train tickets because you cannot install the app because your Apple / Play Store account is locked”

“Apple should have an appeal process for innocent users to regain access to their accounts.”

“Apple keeps money from the gift card after banning you. Just business, nothing personal.”

“How utterly indifferent one needs to be to have no "VIP" support line for cases like this.”

“So many asslickers of Apple here, blaming the victim when clearly anyone could be the next victim.”

“LLM customer service, un-empowered customer service, and arbitration agreements make this a crazy relationship”

“massive unaccountable corporations control all our data, devices and connectivity, and can lock us out of all of that on a whim or accidentally”

“I'm less surprised that Apple would do this than I am that somebody who is clearly tech savvy could be this stupid about tech.”

“it's unreasonable to expect that they should be able to delete users this casually”

“This is horrible and a big reason why I refuse to go all in on Apple”

“Apple is clearly in the wrong, and I'm certain that there are thousands of similar cases that are less public.”

“you keep literally selling your own life to one immense American corporation and that's how you are treated”

“people fixate on the risk of losing data, when this kind of denial of access is a much more likely occurrence”

“Why in the hell were they using "relieved face" after telling OP to say goodbye to their 20yo account”

“In spite of this obviously insane behaviour, EU governments want to rely on Apple and Google”

“after over a decade of requests and fading hope Apple actually did allow me to change the email address”

“If Apple doesn't have the sense to reply to this in a sensible manner then that company is in far worse shape than I thought.”

“So every couple of months I log in, try a few other possible answers, get them wrong, and get locked out for a bit.”

“this sort of thing shouldn't be possible any more than a bank deciding to take all your money with no recourse”