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An Apple fan says they lost '20 years of digital life' after using an Apple gift card (www.techradar.com)
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An Apple fan who has spent “nearly 30 years as a loyal customer” says they’ve been “permanently” locked out of their Apple Account due to what might be the overzealous actions of Apple’s automated anti-fraud system. It’s left them locked out of “20 years of digital life,” and it all started with the seemingly straightforward purchase of an Apple gift card.

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[–] suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You do realize this happens to people on Android as well, right? Google shuts down accounts for random inexplicable reasons all the time, and when that happens the user loses all of their apps purchased through Google's store. What are you suggesting he do differently? Other than just...not have a smart phone or paid apps on it?

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

It’s cool to hate Apple though, and if you use Apple or like them then you’re a shill or something.