Dr Paris (he/him)Dec 13

posted about my Apple ID woes, please share widely?

https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/

20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple

Summary: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectively bricking my devices and my iCloud Account, Apple …

Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison
Show threadSimon Zerafa

@parisba

This is absolutely horrific.

Denying you legal access to the devices you own, or at least your data has to be illegal? 😟

Dec 13 at 8:42amWeb
Show threadMarkVDec 13

@simonzerafa @parisba I'm not a lawyer but I suspect none of this is technically illlegal in any way. Most of the tech industry has relied more on one-sided terms & conditions and the general assumption that companies should treat their users fairly, rather then legal requirements for them to do so.

Attempts to introduce consumer protection legislation (like the EU GDPR and DMA) have been globally fragmented, and met with massive pushback and disdain as "slowing down the speed of innovation".