Apple blocks dev from all accounts after he tries to redeem bad gift card>Apple has blocked a long-time developer from his Apple ID after he failed to redeem what support suggested was a dodgy $500 gift card, leaving him unable to work, cut off from personal files, and barred from what he calls his "core digital identity." >This isn't just any developer, either: The unlucky Apple aficionado in this case is Dr. Paris Buttfield-Addison, a Tasmania-based computer scientist who co-founded an award-winning game development company and has written multiple books on developing for Objective-C, the Swift programming language, and iOS.>"I have effectively been an evangelist for this company's technology for my entire professional life," Buttfield-Addison said in a blog post detailing his struggle with Apple's account system. >According to Buttfield-Addison, his account was flagged as "closed in accordance with the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions" recently. The only thing he can link the issue to is his recent purchase and attempt to redeem a $500 Apple gift card to use to pay for his 6TB iCloud+ storage plan, which he said failed when he attempted to activate it. >Buttfield-Addison contacted the retailer, an unnamed "major brick-and-mortar retailer," which reissued the code after suggesting it may have been compromised. Shortly after that, he was locked out of his account.>The Apple developer said that he's been signed out of iMessage, can't access his iCloud account, is unable to access terabytes' worth of family photos stored on Apple servers, and has basically been blackballed from the Apple ecosystem. >"My iPhone, iPad, Watch, and Macs cannot sync, update, or function properly," Buttfield-Addison said. "I have lost access to thousands of dollars in purchased software and media." >"I will leave as fast as I can even if this is fixed," he told us. "I do mean that literally." https://archive.is/iUJhW
>>107562160>"I have effectively been an evangelist for this company's technology for my entire professional life,">he shilled for the 5 trillion dollar company>he did it for free>now he's buttfucked and the giant company is deaf to his cries>>107562211iJeets don't waste any time
>>107562160https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/>After nearly 30 years as a loyal customer, ME WUZ ALWAYS A GOOD SERF, MASSA!>Update 14 December 2025: Someone from Executive Relations at Apple says they’re looking into it. I hope this is true. They say they’ll call me back tomorrow, on 15 December 2025. >Update 16 December 2025: The Register covered it. No luck yet.Apple cares. <3
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>>107562160good. Keep using iBotnet
>>107562160> buttfield
redeemed the code, paid the toll
How can these people be computer professionals and rely on the cloud or closed source software? I do use both but I don't rely on them. My data is in my control. Idiot
>>107562160iTODDLERS BTFO
>>107562160>computer scientist with phd>unable to recognize the risk of cloud storageHe's a retard with no street smarts.
>>107563324People on the spectrum typically have blind spots in areas you might not necessarily expect, e.g. Carmack googling "how to wipe a hard drive"
>>107563324PhDs are indicators of academia brainwashing, not actual smarts
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it was the work of the tasmanian devil
>>107562160>posted the same image for the 52nd thousandth time
>>107562712iTODDLERS BTFO
>>107566948based
>>107566948mogs me
>>107562160>it's nor redeemed :)
do not redeem the gift card
>>107563324>technical product leader>PhD in Computing from the University of Tasmaniabruh come on
