> 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

> 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.