[mcphage]

> They're inserting themselves into every transaction as a middle man.

They’re not inserting themselves into every transaction. Instead, they’re allowing users who don’t want to have a direct relationship with every app on their phone, to substitute their pre-existing relationship with Apple instead.

[echelon]

While protecting consumers is noble, Apple isn't the company to do this. They're strong-arming every "business partner" on the app store while simultaneously strangling them for 30% of their income and forcing them to dance to the fiddle. To top it off, they cut off the business relationship these companies have with customers.

Apple is evil.

[scarface74]

If users want a “relationship” with you, as part of SIWA they have the option to give you their real address. If they didn’t, obviously they didn’t want you to have their real email address.

Your other option is not to have any social login and use your own sign up process.

Apple is no more your partner than the wolf is partnering with the sheep.

“Strangling them with 30%”? Did you ever try to get a physical product in retail?