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(the keyboard smash username is apropos) > Per-account alias might sound much Not only does this not sound too much, this is a feature Apple offers called Hid

(the keyboard smash username is apropos) > Per-account alias might sound much Not only does this not sound too much, this is a feature Apple offers called Hide My Email: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102548 https://support.apple.com/en-us/102548

fainpul 1y ago
And one day you've had it with Apple's latest user-hostile shenanigans and switch to Linux. What now? Do you just keep paying for iCloud+ forever?
- marliechiller 1y ago
  wouldnt this be the case for any vendor you choose?
  - fainpul 1y ago
    yes
  - vladvasiliu 1y ago
    Indeed. But some are easier to change than others. I switched my e-mail provider, and it took all of five minutes to launch the copy of my data. Since I kept the same domain, everyone sending me e-mails didn't notice anything. With Apple's approach, I'd have to go through each account and move it from something@icloud to something@new-domain. However, for people who don't want to mess around with custom domain names and e-mail providers, apple's approach is very practical. You just need to tell it to "hide your email" when you register somewhere and you're good to go.
- steelframe 1y ago
  In my experience the overwhelming majority of services permit me to change my email address.
  - fainpul 1y ago
    Of course. But I have hundreds of user accounts, as probably many people do. I would not enjoy changing all those email addresses.
sometimes_all 1y ago
As someone who uses both, I much rather prefer aliases to hide-my-email for the more important stuff. For one, I can choose the email address "username", which I cannot with Apple's solution. Plus, what happens when I move on from Apple to something else?
- bn-usd-mistake 1y ago
  But aliases can be easily mapped back to your normal email address, unlike Apple's which are opaque. I, too, am afraid of vendor lock-in though. Sadly, couldn't find a good alternative yet
  - sometimes_all 1y ago
    Not sure where you're coming from - my original email address is not being shown in headers, so those seem fairly opaque. Probably depends on your email provider?
  - ziml77 1y ago
    There's no solution to lock-in because there must be some massively shared domain that the email address exists on for the anonymity of the service to properly work. However if you are simply looking for an alternative to Apple, Fastmail offers a masked email service too.

fainpul 1y ago

And one day you've had it with Apple's latest user-hostile shenanigans and switch to Linux. What now? Do you just keep paying for iCloud+ forever?

marliechiller 1y ago
wouldnt this be the case for any vendor you choose?
- fainpul 1y ago
  yes
- vladvasiliu 1y ago
  Indeed. But some are easier to change than others. I switched my e-mail provider, and it took all of five minutes to launch the copy of my data. Since I kept the same domain, everyone sending me e-mails didn't notice anything. With Apple's approach, I'd have to go through each account and move it from something@icloud to something@new-domain. However, for people who don't want to mess around with custom domain names and e-mail providers, apple's approach is very practical. You just need to tell it to "hide your email" when you register somewhere and you're good to go.
steelframe 1y ago
In my experience the overwhelming majority of services permit me to change my email address.
- fainpul 1y ago
  Of course. But I have hundreds of user accounts, as probably many people do. I would not enjoy changing all those email addresses.

sometimes_all 1y ago

As someone who uses both, I much rather prefer aliases to hide-my-email for the more important stuff. For one, I can choose the email address "username", which I cannot with Apple's solution. Plus, what happens when I move on from Apple to something else?

bn-usd-mistake 1y ago
But aliases can be easily mapped back to your normal email address, unlike Apple's which are opaque. I, too, am afraid of vendor lock-in though. Sadly, couldn't find a good alternative yet
- sometimes_all 1y ago
  Not sure where you're coming from - my original email address is not being shown in headers, so those seem fairly opaque. Probably depends on your email provider?
- ziml77 1y ago
  There's no solution to lock-in because there must be some massively shared domain that the email address exists on for the anonymity of the service to properly work. However if you are simply looking for an alternative to Apple, Fastmail offers a masked email service too.