> I'm a user and I wouldn't touch "signin with Apple" with a 10 foot pole.
For Apple device owners there's significant upside and little-to-no downside. You not wanting to use it doesn't mean that it isn't 100% good for Apple device users.
> That's waaaay too much lock-in.
If the app developer cared, they'd give you a way to migrate your credentials.
Anyway, you don't have to use it if you don't want to. Apple just makes it so that you have the _option_ to. But you should at least recognize that it's the only given option that allows people to use the service without giving away their email address to random app developers. That's a huge privacy win for users.
> Anyway, you don't have to use it if you don't want to.
As a developer? Oh yes I do! That's exactly what we're talking about.
And it's not going to fly for very long because Apple has over half of the smart phone users in the United States. This is the reason we have anti-trust laws. They're going to be knocked down a few notches soon in my opinion.
That I can't build an app business in the United States without going through Apple is a problem.
I'm a user and I wouldn't touch "signin with Apple" with a 10 foot pole. That's waaaay too much lock-in.