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Comment by buboard

People are very enthusiastic about this but this is actually not going to gain a lot of traction because

- it's more difficult to implement than FB sign in and websites don't get any of the benefits

- it works with apple devices, and it will be a nightmare to use in other devices, esp. if the user uses the private email

- Apple would control and route the emails of the user and the app! This is a big privacy hole imho.

- Apple drops users or apps without second thoughts from their ecosystem, and the web is not used to this (and is not going to change)

- Maintaining new sign options is already a hassle, adding a new one that will only be accessible to a relatively small user base, with a number of hoops makes it seem less worth it.

On the plus side though, you do know that users coming from apple sign in are probably richer and better monetizable.

parent buboard 7 years ago

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