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@parisba the stories of this happening to people with Google is why I started a multi year process of migrating anything important to be self hosted. But what scares me is how many services I’ve used Apple to sign in with. Especially the ones using their hidden email service. Recovery would be near impossible.

@parisba I had the same some month ago, luckily with a fresh account where I was only about to loose like 100$ in software. The hotline just told me that they have no idea why the account got blocked, and that they have to tell me that I may have violated their business terms. Which is bullshit.
I think the best thing is to get a lawyer and sue them asap. Sorry for your trouble.

@parisba again an example of the total disrespect for individuals. Apple is only in it for the money. Steve Jobs showed them the way.

@parisba Yo @404mediaco that’s a story right there.

@parisba this happened to a work iCloud developer account I had. Only ever used to log into appstoreconnect and added to Xcode, nothing else not even added to a device. Then suddenly denied access and recovery with no insight into why or possibility to appeal. Work account so don’t care too much, but made me completely loose trust in my personal iCloud account safety (as in I now know to not trust it existing forever)

@parisba This is what can be expected when people place trust in soulless corporations whose decisions are based strictly on their interests. Shitcan Apple and Microsoft.

@parisba

Sorry for your plight & I hope that you can retrieve your data but this is a prime example why I'll never buy another #Apple product & why I never store anything that I care about on a proprietary site in #TheCloud.

I've owned a couple of iPhones (3&4), still own an iPad 1 that works & owned a Classic iPod that died with 1k or so tracks still on it, most of which were free.

I assume that I still have an Apple account but I haven't used it in over 5 yrs since my iPod died. So, it's probably been closed for dormancy.

I "invested" less than $1k in these Apple things. So, my "loss" was minimal but I never liked how Apple tries (very successfully) to suck ppl into buying ONLY their products & thereby forcing them to become hostage to its hardware & software systems.

This is why I'll NEVER buy another Apple product again & why, if asked, that I'll recommend against anyone buying any Apple product, as well. 🤷‍♂️

@parisba maybe @404mediaco wants to write something?

@parisba So when you say your devices are bricked, you mean you can't turn off Find My because it won't let you log in? I wonder if the prospect of them having to pay for new devices due to refunds will cause them to reconsider?

@parisba so, for convenience you put your whole digital life in a trap and now you are complaining that you are trapped? Trusting in a single company (regardless of apple, google, microsoft, atlassian, etc) is - frankly speaking- stupid these days. Go and free your digital life with Linux, OSS and Selfhosting. This is not convenient at all, but it's much better than being a digital slave from big-tech

@parisba

And here we have a classic example of *why* my generation ran, not walked, away from central servers (unix usually) with terminals to buy stand alone PCs.

I can't emphasize enough that "the cloud" is just rich people's servers - and rich people do not give a rats rear end about you.

Nothing like having your data all disappeared, or held hostage for more subscription fees, to learn that lesson.

The cloud is a trap, and relying on it is foolish at best. Keep your data local.

@parisba oh jesus christ this sucks so much, I'm sorry 😭

This is the kind of thing that makes me avoid stuff like this entirely 😭

(not trying to mock you or be rude like I've seen others in your replies and I apologize if that's how I came across, I genuinely hope you manage to fix this cause fucking hell)

@parisba
Good luck! 👍🍀🖖

@parisba
@FirewallDragons writes about similar in his book, particularly the "3-2-1 rule:" 3 backups on 2 different forms of media, with one being off-site. My documents on my hard drive and my external drive are also backed up in my Proton Drive account, and that's one example of the 3-2-1 rule in action.

All that said, I hope crApple unlocks your account.

@parisba This is one of those situations where I typically search online for people's email addresses, phone numbers, etc. and contact someone directly, because actual support is designed not to provide actual support.