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How Popular Is “Sign in with Apple”?

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Re: How Popular Is “Sign in with Apple”?

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unfortunately there are very few apps so far that allow signing in with apple even though i see them offer email, google and facebook options. i think out of all of the apps that i use only adobe lightroom allowed me to sign up with apple.

As I understand it Apple will make it mandatory for any app that offers social logins of any kind at some point.[0]

Shameless plug, I work for Skyscanner and we've had it since iOS 13 launch.

0: https://www.macrumors.com/guide/sign-in-with-apple/

Re: How Popular Is “Sign in with Apple”?

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unfortunately there are very few apps so far that allow signing in with apple even though i see them offer email, google and facebook options. i think out of all of the apps that i use only adobe lightroom allowed me to sign up with apple.

My understanding is that "Sign in With Apple" is still officially in beta; once it launches in full, all iOS apps that offer third-party sign ins (like the Google & Facebook options) will be mandated to also offer Apple's OAuth sign-in -- and must give it more prominent placement than third-party services.

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unfortunately there are very few apps so far that allow signing in with apple even though i see them offer email, google and facebook options. i think out of all of the apps that i use only adobe lightroom allowed me to sign up with apple.

Because those app devs also wants to know more about you

It will be mandatory to be on the app store at some point, so that won't be a valid excuse for app developers.

Re: How Popular Is “Sign in with Apple”?

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unfortunately there are very few apps so far that allow signing in with apple even though i see them offer email, google and facebook options. i think out of all of the apps that i use only adobe lightroom allowed me to sign up with apple.

after March these apps will have to offer Apple sign-in or get booted from the app store...

Re: How Popular Is “Sign in with Apple”?

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I have a similar setup for signing up for services. I set up a custom domain with Fastmail with a wildcard alias that forwards all emails to my inbox. I can then sign up for services with a custom email like "hn-cbsks@myemail.example". If a service leaks my email, I'll know immediately and I'll be able to blacklist that address.

Re: How Popular Is “Sign in with Apple”?

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> It’s utterly private, where signing in with Google or Facebook is not at all, yet far more convenient than signing up with your email address. What is different in the privacy design of 'sign in with apple'?

Here's a link for ya: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210318 In essence, Apple generates a unique email address through their relay service that forwards to (and thus hides) your actual email address. It was widely considered a pretty major step in the right direction for user privacy.

How does account recovery work?
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