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gorniv
1y ago
On May 3rd, 2025, Sign in with Apple suddenly broke. Around 30% of users couldn’t log in anymore: their userIdentifier silently changed, and the email field started returning null. Some accounts even “came back to life” for a short time - t
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gorniv
1y ago
We actually use 6-digit one-time codes sent to email as a second login method. If we detect brute-force attempts, we switch to using a GUID-based fallback instead of short codes. So yeah, lesson learned — don’t outsource identity fully. We
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gorniv
1y ago
It was our mistake to allow Apple Sign In. We wanted to make things better for users, but didn’t expect Apple to suddenly break their own login emails without warning.
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gorniv
1y ago
Definitely save the email in your database — even if it’s a private relay address. Also, send a welcome email right after signup, so users can see which email was used and ideally encourage them to update it to a regular one or add an alter
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gorniv
1y ago
yes, looks like they lost our account in the system and created new.
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gorniv
1y ago
Knowing the Apple private relay email is almost like knowing a password — not a perfect method, but it’s currently the best option we have for verifying identity when the original email is no longer reachable and Apple provides no fallback.
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gorniv
1y ago
It doesn’t work for Apple private relay users, but it does work for those who signed in with Apple without using “Hide My Email.” The good news is that Apple’s private relay addresses are unique per user, so if someone contacts us, we can m
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Sign in with Apple" broke after update–losing data for a third of users
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gorniv
1y ago
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ASO.dev – ASO Tool Built by an Indie for Indies
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gorniv
2y ago
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gorniv
2y ago
As an indie dev, I’ve always been frustrated by the high cost of ASO tools, most of which are built for big companies with massive budgets. Paying $100 to $500 a month just isn’t practical when you’re bootstrapping a project solo. That’s wh
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gorniv
3y ago
Very interesting game =)
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gorniv
3y ago
So beautiful images