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Generally, if an app enables you to create an account in a system controlled by someone else, the account deletion rule shouldn’t be applicable The post you're
by onion2k 5y ago
Generally, if an app enables you to create an account in a system controlled by someone else, the account deletion rule shouldn’t be applicable
The post you're replying to says Apple believe it should. Unless you can persuade Apple to change their policy, it won't matter if you disagree.
- sokoloff 5y agoSafari enables me to create accounts on lots of services controlled by third parties and, for some of these, Safari does not symmetrically enable me to initiate a deletion in-app. (I’ll give you that Safari isn’t in the App Store but many other browsers are. It would viewed as anti-competitive for Apple to remove all competing browsers.)
- onion2k 5y agoSafari enables me to create accounts on lots of services controlled by third parties and, for some of these, Safari does not symmetrically enable me to initiate a deletion in-app. This might be the weakest strawman argument I've ever seen. Well done.
- sokoloff 5y agoIt's very nearly the literal sentence that preceded the text you quoted upthread. It's exactly what we're talking about here and what you seem to be agreeing that Apple is intending to (and right to) enforce.