Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore starting January 31
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Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore starting January 31
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Re: Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore starting January 31
#2Wonder if this can be used to unsubscribe from The NY Times?
Re: Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore starting January 31
#3I feel like this is an objectively good thing. On Android, there are many times I signed up for something just to try it out only to decide it wasn't for me and have no way to delete my account. Currently the only thing you can do is just throw in some dummy information and leave it in the wind.
Re: Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore starting January 31
#4Wonder if this can be used to unsubscribe from The NY Times?
I heard you can change your address to California, which then gives the option to cancel online (due to state law). It is absolutely ridiculous that NYT will happily take your card info online, but require you to be on hold to speak with their "customer care" to cancel. Maybe it is time to use virtual CC's a la privacy.com.
Re: Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore starting January 31
#5For the most part a very good thing.
Wonder what that means for third-party HN client apps though, since HN accounts cannot be deleted.
Re: Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore starting January 31
#6This is great news, and again evidence of Apple pushing the privacy envelope forward for their customers. For many users, deleting an account by visiting an obscure flow on a web property is simply a bridge too far (assuming the service even offers an automated way of account deletion, which often is not the case).
Re: Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore starting January 31
#7Wonder if this can be used to unsubscribe from The NY Times?
I was going to say the same thing! They are the WORST. I had to cancel my subscription and the process was like a legal battle with the customer representative. He fought me so hard and it took so long. I lost all respect for the times after that.
Re: Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore starting January 31
#8Wonder if this can be used to unsubscribe from The NY Times?
This is mostly an internet meme, I subscribed and cancelled from the NYT many times without an issue with their online chat.
Re: Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore starting January 31
#9The problem is that Apple has absolutely no way to enforce the deletion. An app can say "your account is deleted" but not actually delete any data off their servers.
What would really give users the control they deserve is the ability to restrict what data can be sent off the device by an app in the first place.
Apple should make it possible to deny internet access to an app entirely, and they should provide an API that allows apps to upload very specific kinds of data that a user has approved of, but nothing else. Of course, some apps need to be able to request unrestricted internet access.
Permitting apps to collect private data and have unrestricted internet access, by default, was always a terrible decision in terms of user privacy. Apple owes it to their users to fix the problem they created.
Re: Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore starting January 31
#10For the most part a very good thing. Wonder what that means for third-party HN client apps though, since HN accounts cannot be deleted.
It only applies to apps that let you create an account from within the app, so third-party client apps like this could just not handle the account signup. (I think they already tend not to handle it.)