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Daniël Franke 🏳️‍🌈

Yesterday I decided to use my dev as my daily driver for a month, to see if my hatred of is just because of not being used to it, or if I really just prefer .

Turns out I still had an ancient AppleID that I forgot all credentials for. But despite proving to that I had control over the associated mail address and phone number, that was not enough, without another Apple device, they're going to make me wait "a few days".

Great first impression...

I hate that if I want my banking app to work, I have to choose between software made by a company that wants all your data, and one that thinks that they are the ones that should dictate how you are allowed to use your device while also wanting a big chunk of your data.

Still in the "didn't already own an apple device" dog house. I swear, Apple and Google are trying to compete on who can give the most shit to their users without them running away.

Helps them that they are the only real games in town.

Wow, just got a mail from . My apple ID will be unlocked 12 DAYS from now. I'm lucky that this is just my dev device that I wanted to try iOS with as a daily driver, if I just bought a new very expensive device, I'd bring it back to the store to demand my money back as right now it's just a brick.

This is insane, and I can't be the only one who has a dusty unused account without any current devices linked to it. This seriously feels like a punishment for having left the cult.

@ainmosni But you see, it's need for security and stuff. Just try to forget that they will happily let you login to your bank account with Internet Explorer 6 running on a virus infested Windows XP machine.

@ainmosni You'd almost consider a separate phone for all sorts of "official" stuff. 😒

@ainmosni I had "deal with Mac OS as CI/CD server" week, and if I had to pick I where to drop a meteorite, I would pick Apple Park.

@ainmosni If the cravings for the Apple hardware are that strong, you can create a secondary apple account with a fresh email address...
😂

@ixs

Haha, I considered that, but I just want to shed light on a horrible user experience.

@ainmosni @ixs Apple user here. Totally agree that stuff that apple does should be illegal if it’s not already and even if I like my apple stuff doesn’t mean I agree with their crap and am very happy for each lawsuits they loose and are forced to open up for competition to improve the situation.