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20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple

Summary: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectively bricking my devices and my iCloud Account, Apple Developer ID, and everything associated with it, and…
Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison (hey.paris)
#humanrights #apple #democracy #BigTech #sovereignty #technomonarchy

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Hendrik Pfaff 🇪🇺
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Hendrik Pfaff 🇪🇺
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I honestly feel bad for him and hope his account gets restored. However, this definitely serves as a cautionary tale for everyone solely dependent on #bigTech #MegaCorps...
#BigTech #MegaCorps
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Jef Verbeeck
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Jef Verbeeck
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Great example on how it actually is a huge risk to use one single platform for your digital life. And a great reminder I need to keep moving my stuff out of their ecosystem.
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Mohammed
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Mohammed
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Hello Aral, I was verified a week and two days ago, and every day I publish a post and tag you, but you keep ignoring me (I don't know what I did wrong). Every day you re-share for the same people (I don't know, maybe they are friends of yours from before). I haven't received any donations from the Mastodon app yet. It is true that the Bluesky app blocks our pages, but it is better than Mastodon because people there respond to us and share our posts, unlike here.
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Mohammed
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Mohammed
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I appeal to everyone, but I receive neglect instead of help. Forgive me for the sharpness of my words. You are discriminating among us and you are not fair. I will not post on Mastodon again. When you spoke to me, I was very optimistic, but you disappointed me greatly, just like the rest of the world that has let us down."
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Perpetuum Mobile
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Perpetuum Mobile
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I genuinely feel sorry for this man. As fellow developer I understand how frustrating this might be

One of the reasons I'm running an extensive home lab is that I use it as my own cloud. With Nextcloud and Immich I get cross-platform compatibility and I'm completely independent from cloud providers

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