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Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help

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Post by cwnyth »

userbinator wrote: post #296
cerved wrote: post #221

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Probably they tried a real operating system.

Linux and the other unices are great for their CLI, but GUIs seem more like an afterthought on that side.

Hard disagree. I find that Linux (particularly but not exclusively Gnome) is actually even better than Windows or Mac OS. I hate having to use Windows or Mac again for how clumsy and poorly thought out they are. It took how long before they finally got Window snapping? And file search is still atrocious on both, and getting worse on Windows.

It always seemed to me the people who deride Linux's desktop GUI are those who actually never bothered to use it, especially not seriously in the past decade.

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Post by TekMol »

wiseowise wrote: post #350
TekMol wrote: post #131

As someone using Linux to build web applications, I wonder what about the Apple ecosystem could make it worth to have such a Damocles’ sword hanging over me my whole life. Am I missing something? My current perspective is that not only am I free of all the hassle that comes with building for a closed ecosystem, such as managing a developer account and using proprietary tools, it also comes with much harder distributi…

If you're full in Apple ecosystem, like my GF, you get: - Shared clipboard across devices - Shared documents - Shared browser - Shared passwords - Free, quality office suite - Interoperable devices (use iPhone as camera on Mac, for example) - Payments across different devices (use clock to pay, for example, shared with your iPhone) All of this with just one account without any third-party service. And billion of thin…

Strange, I don't need any of that.

And when I hang out with people who ARE in Apple's ecosystem, to me it seems they struggle more to get things done than me.

Why would I want a shared clipboard across multiple devices?

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Post by TekMol »

jemmyw wrote: post #173
TekMol wrote: post #131

As someone using Linux to build web applications, I wonder what about the Apple ecosystem could make it worth to have such a Damocles’ sword hanging over me my whole life. Am I missing something? My current perspective is that not only am I free of all the hassle that comes with building for a closed ecosystem, such as managing a developer account and using proprietary tools, it also comes with much harder distributi…

Plenty of things do work better as a native application. Packaging is a pain across the board nowadays. Apple is pretty good, you pay a yearly fee if you want your executable signed and notorized, but they make it very hard to run without that (for the lay person). Windows can run apps without them being signed but it gives you hell and the signing process is awful and expensive. Linux can be a packaging nightmare.

What works better as a native application?

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Post by monerozcash »

macNchz wrote: post #497
stephen_g wrote: post #370

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That’s a great article - explains what I haven’t fully thought through or quite been able to put into words but what I’ve always felt, because the “you can’t tell people the secret rules” with things like money laundering is treated by many as obvious, but has never sat right with me.

I disagree with this article—its premise relies too heavily on the oft repeated, oft misunderstood line “there is no security in obscurity.” This concept is used to argue that obscurity shouldn’t be used at all as a defense mechanism, when really all it means is it shouldn’t be your only line of defense . Obscuring aspects of a system can contribute to its overall functioning: it’s a filter for the laziest of adversa…

Also, to be fair, for money laundering it does raise the barrier to entry quite a bit. Doesn't matter if you have billions of dollars to launder, could already make quite a bit of a difference if you only have millions of dollars to launder.

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Post by EvanAnderson »

zelphirkalt wrote: post #530
tonymet wrote: post #492

I back up regularly using Google Takeout and similar tools, but I don’t think it’s fair to shame this author . Even if you have backups , your recent and essential content and credentials will be locked out . 1% of your content is the most important We all depend heavily on cloud storage and sso . Everything works fine until you are locked out . And using them isn’t fully voluntary. They are necessary for collaborati…

I am not depending on cloud storage at all. What do I need to upload onto some cloud? And when I need to sync between devices, or rather want to sync, then I have a Syncthing setup on my server running. No cloud. And copies on participating devices. Sure, it is not directly their fault, when they are treated badly by big tech. Though of course they could have been more careful, and rely less on big tech and cloud. We…

Presumably, as the GP said, you're not a normal person and you live in a basement. >sighThe solutions self-hosting storage for non-technical people are terrible. Presumably there's no market for selling a solution that gives individuals data sovereignty. I would guess the margin isn't there and a recurring subscription for something you own is probably unpalatable to a lot of consumers. So this is what we get.

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Post by rvnx »

tonymet wrote: post #553
pitaj wrote: post #529

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Off topic, but I'm curious. Why are you typing spaces before every period and comma?

Maybe iPhone is adding those ?

For what it’s worth, I remember having this issue with Samsung OneUI keyboard when it was in French. In French there is this rule there that you should put a space before “?” and “!”, so perhaps their developers understood “all punctuation” or something.

I wonder what is his case.

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Post by kombine »

dotancohen wrote: post #547
generic92034 wrote: post #251

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> If enough of these horror stories are publicized, people will learn to never buy/redeem Apple gift cards because of the real possibility of account bans. If you are trying to be a bad person you could weaponize that approach. You do not like person x, send them some Apple gift cards... :o

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> I'm a Zionist

I don't like you too.

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Post by rvnx »

EvanAnderson wrote: post #595
zelphirkalt wrote: post #530

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I am not depending on cloud storage at all. What do I need to upload onto some cloud? And when I need to sync between devices, or rather want to sync, then I have a Syncthing setup on my server running. No cloud. And copies on participating devices. Sure, it is not directly their fault, when they are treated badly by big tech. Though of course they could have been more careful, and rely less on big tech and cloud. We…

Presumably, as the GP said, you're not a normal person and you live in a basement. >sigh The solutions self-hosting storage for non-technical people are terrible. Presumably there's no market for selling a solution that gives individuals data sovereignty. I would guess the margin isn't there and a recurring subscription for something you own is probably unpalatable to a lot of consumers. So this is what we get.

The main side-effect is the lack of trust and integration. For example, if you self-host your email (or more realistically push it on a VPS), then the moment you want to send an e-mail you are going to be marked as spam.

To register on some websites you may sometimes receive: “please use real email from gmail/outlook/etc”.

When you have a business meeting with a customer: “oh just install Jitsi on your mobile phone” is the best way to lose a sale.

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

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Post by skydhash »

tonymet wrote: post #560
IndianShitbombs wrote: post #549

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So let me try to understand you. You have 200 friends on whatsapp and FB locks you out . Now you can start sending them letters ? And how do you get their number . WhatsApp,WeChat , messenger , telegram all use private addressing

You don't have 200 friends on WhatsApp. You have 200 contacts on your phone, which WA will pick up.

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Post by [deleted] »

darrmit wrote: post #392

This is horrible and a big reason why I refuse to go “all in” on Apple, Google, or Microsoft (among other reasons). Apple is the one I’m closest to given my hardware, though. Given how invested you are in the Apple ecosystem I can’t fathom why you would go get an Apple Gift Card from a store to do this kind of transaction, though. It wouldn’t even cross my mind to do it that way.

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