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by toasterlovin 2336 days ago
> It seems like a great way for Apple to hoover up a heap information they probably don't need.

This is not intended as a Platonic ideal of what authentication should be. Rather, it's intended as a better alternative to being forced to log in with Google/FB/Twitter, since those companies for sure aggregate and monetize your private information, whereas Apple probably does not.