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If this is actually enforced it will be a huge boon for everyone. Especially if they require proof of some sort that the account info is gone.
What actual benefit will anyone derive from this?
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Of course, people use their apps for all sorts of important things, and it would be disruptive to accidentally delete their accounts from many of them. This issue can be mitigated through confirmation dialogs and other measures. So Apple’s new pro-consumer policy applies to everyone but Apple. Interesting, but not unexpected.
The point is that iCloud is not an app. The account you are referring to is a phone account, not app account. You are comparing apples to oranges.
1/ not tell the user this info.
2/ keep track of the fact this account was flagged after the account was deleted, for instance by keeping a hash of the email address of the accounts that were flagged?
If this is actually enforced it will be a huge boon for everyone. Especially if they require proof of some sort that the account info is gone.
What actual benefit will anyone derive from this?
For all the people who fall prey to misleading tactics and don’t know how to cancel.
Relevant text under 5.1.1 (v): > (v) Account Sign-In: If your app doesn’t include significant account-based features, let people use it without a login. If your app supports account creation, you must also offer account deletion within the app. Apps may not require users to enter personal information to function, except when directly relevant to the core functionality of the app or required by law. If your core app f…
Weird how these integrity precautions are being championed by Apple and not the EU or US, democracy is dead, long live corpocracy
Apple’s playing field is just much more narrow, which allows it to enforce rules like these in an elegant manner which makes for a much better experience to the end user.
I’ve seen quite a lot of people complaining about this on Twitter. Is there some negative to this I’m not aware of other than companies losing customers? I’ve come across more and more sites in recent years with no account deletion option and it’s hugely frustrating. One I discover it and manage to shut my account down via a support channel they have lost me for good. There is no way I’m ever becoming a customer agai…
I’ve come across more and more sites in recent years with no account deletion option and it’s hugely frustrating.
You ingest data and then it and derived data goes god knows where in your organization. How do you track all of that down?
(There’s “should be” and “actually is”. I’m referring to the latter.)
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Weird how these integrity precautions are being championed by Apple and not the EU or US, democracy is dead, long live corpocracy
To be fair the “right to be forgotten” is, in fact, a law in the EU, it’s just that often you need to go through great lengths to exercise this right. Apple’s playing field is just much more narrow, which allows it to enforce rules like these in an elegant manner which makes for a much better experience to the end user.