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Well, your phone has the time to create new emails for these purposes with the Sign In With Apple feature[1]. You don't have to remember your email nor your password because iOS can create a secure one and save it on your phone. More secure than people using the same email and password across multiple apps imo.

[1] https://developer.apple.com/sign-in-with-apple/

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I wonder if Apple saw this coming and created Sign in with Apple in anticipation. Seems like a very smart play now.

You wonder if Apple saw a change in their own policy coming? Yes, I think they may have...

I mean that they also saw the reaction to that change coming, ie. they realised if they got rid of the advertising ID, it would make apps force you to log in. I'd be impressed if that was deliberate, but it could have been.

What about phone numbers? Can't even make a Twitter or Google account without coughing up a phone number.

+1 Even after sign-ing up it requires me to authenticate every now and then (may be because I am using only twitter web).

My 10 year old gmail account has no associated phone number. Maybe it's valuable now. It's the only thing I use at all that is a Google product, and I'm always near deleting the entire account but it's just so convenient (Read, I've been lazy)

Somebody commented below in the same parent comments that it's not a full proof thing.

You don't have to offer Sign in with Apple if you have your own login system. Ref: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#sig...

This is only applicable if the Apps provide this as an option right?

But notably you can’t use any SSO providers. So if you want to use SSO you must support login with apple.

Ah yes. Good point.

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