[ubermonkey]

I doubt very much the face-value interpretation here is accurate, but it's also a good reminder about the eggs vs. baskets rule.

I use a lot of Apple products and services, but if Apple did this to me it would be at worst an inconvenience. Nothing existential requires my Apple account. They don't, for example, handle my email; I prefer Dropbox to iCloud; etc.

It's not just an Apple thing. Google chicanery could hit someone much harder, given how many more folks depend on Google for email. It's a great time to review your own services and products, and figure out if you have any "portfolio killer" dependencies.