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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    9 hours ago

    Even if they get back and correct all this, I hope the author learns a lesson and begins exporting his digital footprint to other services.

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      7 hours ago

      It’s pretty clear he’ll go right back to Apple like a dog to vomit.

      • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        5 hours ago

        Uh … yeah, it’s his livelihood. He writes books on programming with Apple machines. Of course he’s still going to do the things he’s been doing his whole life.