Buttfield-Addison, author of several books on Swift, found his Apple account closed after he attempted to pay for his iCloud subscription using an Apple gift card. 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." Apple support staff reportedly refused to to tell him why his account was banned and said that escalating the matter "won't lead to a different outcome." Even if Apple manages to resolve the issue, Buttfield-Addison isn't sure he's going to take another chance on iBiz after this kerfuffle. "I will leave as fast as I can even if this is fixed," he told us. "I do mean that literally." He told us he's looking at switching to Linux for his laptops and an Android device for his future smartphone. It'll be hard, Buttfield-Addison noted, but he doesn't feel Apple has left him with much recourse. "Yes, it'll be a shitshow, but how can I trust such an account again even if they fix it?" he told us.
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>>107562691we ve been talking about this since a good whileits big corpo testing the waters, more to come
>>107562691hahahaha buttfield
>>107562691retarded faggot, there's a thread about this shit already>>107562160
>>107562691iTODDLERS BTFO
>>107562691Big business is sticking it to the man again.I smell a lawsuit.I don't know Mr. Butt* from Adam, but fuck apple! You go get them in court, Butthead
>>107563476>I smell a lawsuitWhat law do you think Apple broke here?
>>107562691>core digital identityyeah, don't put that on icloud.
>>107563476The Supreme Court is staffed by corporate shills thanks to the POTUS
>>107563489Don't Be Evil
>>107562703>Buttfielduhhhh hhuhuhuhuh
>>107562691Why are (((they))) shilling Linux so hard bros?I'm scared.I don't want all the normies to come here.
>>107562691Why won't he give the name of the store? The way he explained the situation is not convincing.In the backend of activation system a charge back might have happened, which automatically flags the account as fraudulent.
>>107563807bro, he wrote multiple books on swift. he's rolling in dough. why would he scam a $500 gift card?
>>107563489Deceptive business practices that violate even their own TOS. This guy was permanently banned for no reason.
>>107563489The law of being wholesome heckin chungus
>>107563707actual retard
So how do you prevent Apple/Google fucking up your phone if they don't like you considering they own the entire mobile market share with Apple+Android?
>>107563894Use only phones that allow a physical sim card. Do use your phone for anything critical.
>>107563826I don't suggest he tried to scam, but the way the store might have mishandled the procedures regarding gift cards. Apparently they reissued another one, it is unclear if he got a chargeback then bought another one. If in smaller amounts there might have a three-strike rule, but not sure for a quite vast amount like $500.
>>107563489>Advertise iCloud service in exchange for money>Receive money>Advertise service to help users with iCloud>Give users advice which will violate ToS>Brick user account, refuse to elaborateWhat a wonderful business model Apple has. There is no deceptive practice here. I am sure their ToS and conduct supersedes any consumer protection legislation.
>>107563934This is messed up though when it comes to banking apps, basically these companies can partially lock you out of banking if they don't like you by deactivating your account and now banking apps can't update via play and app store anymore. Needs regulation. Of course you can always do banking in real life or on a desktop but still. And what happens if desktops become largely locked down and at the whims of two big tech companies like phones?
>>107563949you are beyond brain damaged if you think apple or any other company goes around banning people's accounts gaining something from it.every single service will ban you permanently and automatically if you do any kind of chargeback or a credit card you used on it was reported as stolen or something.
He shouldn’t have redeemed the gift card. I thought this was common knowledge, saars
>>107562691WHY ARE YOU REDEEMING? DO NOT REDEEM!!!
>>107562691>keeps his family photos on some cloud storage serverThe retard deserved all bad things that happen to him
>>107563661>Yes, this is a recent development.
>>107564279He had backups
>>107562691>"Yes, it'll be a shitshow, but how can I trust such an account again even if they fix it?" he told us.hahaha, he's still hanging onto the hope they will fix it. They won't. You should have left a long time ago.
>>107563861>tries to redeem stolen gift card>banned for no reason pick one
we told you not to redeem it, benchod mother bitch
>2026>trusting anything more than a git repo on a 6$ vps and a NAS not connected at all to the internet
>>107565125>NAS not connected at all to the internetso a DAS? Airgaped LAN?
>>107563489>What law do you think Apple broke here?Breach of contract.
>>107565168blocking the internet access by the MAC address of the westerndigital cheap nas shit in the routermy hard drives don't not need an "app store" nor a "cloud account" (but having both shared and separate smb accounts per different computer and directories is good to have)
Oh no consequences! I love this so much. He's now trying to figure out linux because he's been forced to convert because the Tim Apple doesn't want to play with him anymore.I wonder if he will ever reach the level of intellectual honesty to apologize for ever supporting (((Apple))). He's part of the problem.
>>107562691>redeem gift cardWhy is it that when I see this sentence, Indians always come to mind even though in reality they are white people?If you want to buy something, I don't think you should rely on something like a gift card or coupon, they give terms and conditions and then change the conditions at will, and this is the result
>>107565215>blocking the internet access by the MAC address of the westerndigital cheap nas shit in the routerlmao what a weird fucking way to look smart. Get a real fucking network, kid
>>107563826Why would he even use a gift card? Honestly it's a pretty weird situation.Being a co-founder of a company on top of the book shit makes it seem even weirder. Literally has more than enough ability to pay for stuff with a card.Obviously his terabytes of family photos are CP.
>>107565241i can achieve infinite scaling by plugging together more cheap 0-setup managed nas shits from ebay and mikrotik routers not connected directly to the interneti eventually sync the backups and devices with freefilesyncjust twerks
>>107565276discounted or credit card rewards
>>107563489>which lawNot being niggers. Oh sorry I forgot we haven't made that illegal yet
>>107562691>dollars in purchased software and media.""rented"
>>107563009based
>>107564603He had backups but still claimed to not be able to access the photos? So he is a liar then.
I remember reading this off Hacker News. Why has nobody asked the obvious question - Why was he buying gifts cards to pay for things he uses for work in the first place? There is literally no reason to do this, and his story clearly states that he bought it - it was not a gift.There is something he isn't saying, which is why Apple is not backing down (he has appealed via their executive appeal program).
>>107567419>blaming the victim
>>107563489Remember, no class actions! You waived away your human rights!
>>107567515>things just happen to me for no reason
>>107562691>literally wrote?
>>107562691https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqGuSaM_az4
>>107562691Who is buying a 500$ card anyway... the story seems fishy.I bet he bought some stolen gift card at some indian corner store.
>>107562691should not have redeemed the card mam dumb beech. every microsoft tech support worker has been telling you the same thing
>>107562691>long time apple user>developing native apps>writing books about it>buying a 500$ gift card instead of just buy what you want and pay with paypal/credit card/etc.I don't believe his story.
>long time apple user>not putting apple purchases on your apple card
>>107565276If this is the guy... yeah it was CP.
Surely it wouldnt be too difficult for apples and googles to figure out how to block 1 action from a user they think is actually illegal but let them have access to family photos and email or whateverI mean they must have different levels of response because we dont see constant stream of articles of accs being blocked but why does it happen at all
>>107565324Even more reason not to buy a physical gift card. You can get virtual ones with the same benefits.
>>107562691> become entirely reliant on trillion dollar company> put your whole life in a digital space on their hardware> they kick you off their hardware for whatever reason they want to give you (or not give you)> surprise pikachu faceare people really this dumb?
>implying google doesnt act the sameHe should buy a NAS and vps and setup everything locally
If only he used an ungoogled Android and NAS...
