1. If my app is both in IOS and Android, and maybe Windows, would this work across platforms? The answer looks like no... Apple's definition of "multiplatform" means iOS, TVOS and WatchOS, and some javascript for the web. (given Apple's poor track record for anything web-based, good luck with that). If you want to port your app to Android or Native Windows, good luck with that. Your users are locked in.
2. If I have an app that is a competitor to Facebook, and FB decides to cut me off, I can use the existing emails so the user are not locked out the app (i.e. they will be sent an email with a link to create a password and keep their account).
This looks impossible with the apple sign in. Basically if Apple decides to cut you off, your user's accounts are lost.
No matter what some folks believe that 'everything social is evil', some applications providers provide the social log-in just because the user that prefer using them over entering the same information over and over.
Instead of entering email, authorizing/verifying it, and having a profile picture, a social log-in provides those for you.
As I am building an app that has the social login (Google and Facebook) as well as simple email sign in, this feels like an additional burden that I'd prefer not to (for the two main reasons above).
Feels very anti-competitive.... Apple should provide the log-in as an option, and compete with its own merits, but not force app makers to use it.
Also, I think apple is being totally evil now: By forcing companies like Spotify and other competitors to use their log in, they are creating an very intrusive/invasive way to monitor their competitors.
Eg. Netflix and Spotify and a myriad of other Apple's direct competitor are forced to be locked in the Apple's vendor sign in trap.
1. If my app is both in IOS and Android, and maybe Windows, would this work across platforms? The answer looks like no... Apple's definition of "multiplatform" means iOS, TVOS and WatchOS, and some javascript for the web. (given Apple's poor track record for anything web-based, good luck with that). If you want to port your app to Android or Native Windows, good luck with that. Your users are locked in.
2. If I have an app that is a competitor to Facebook, and FB decides to cut me off, I can use the existing emails so the user are not locked out the app (i.e. they will be sent an email with a link to create a password and keep their account).
This looks impossible with the apple sign in. Basically if Apple decides to cut you off, your user's accounts are lost.
No matter what some folks believe that 'everything social is evil', some applications providers provide the social log-in just because the user that prefer using them over entering the same information over and over. Instead of entering email, authorizing/verifying it, and having a profile picture, a social log-in provides those for you.
As I am building an app that has the social login (Google and Facebook) as well as simple email sign in, this feels like an additional burden that I'd prefer not to (for the two main reasons above).
Feels very anti-competitive.... Apple should provide the log-in as an option, and compete with its own merits, but not force app makers to use it.
Also, I think apple is being totally evil now: By forcing companies like Spotify and other competitors to use their log in, they are creating an very intrusive/invasive way to monitor their competitors.
Eg. Netflix and Spotify and a myriad of other Apple's direct competitor are forced to be locked in the Apple's vendor sign in trap.