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Aral Balkan
@aral@mastodon.ar.al  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

In a world with kings, our only agency is to beg “please, sir, be kind.”

https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/

#apple #BigTech #technomonarchy #sovereignty #humanRights #democracy

20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple

Summary: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectively bricking my devices and my iCloud Account, Apple Developer ID, and everything associated with it, and I have no recourse. Can you help? Email paris AT paris.id.au (and read on for the details). ❤️ Here’s how Apple “Permanently” locked my Apple ID. I am writing this as a desperate measure.
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The Servitor
@TheServitor@sigmoid.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 hours ago

@aral

PLEASE TREAD ON EVERYONE BUT ME, SIR.
PLEASE TREAD ON EVERYONE BUT ME, SIR.
PLEASE TREAD ON EVERYONE BUT ME, SIR.
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Perpetuum Mobile
@perpetuum_mobile@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@aral I genuinely feel sorry for this man. As fellow developer I understand how frustrating this might be

One of the reasons I'm running an extensive home lab is that I use it as my own cloud. With Nextcloud and Immich I get cross-platform compatibility and I'm completely independent from cloud providers

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Mohammed
@mohammedzakria@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@aral I appeal to everyone, but I receive neglect instead of help. Forgive me for the sharpness of my words. You are discriminating among us and you are not fair. I will not post on Mastodon again. When you spoke to me, I was very optimistic, but you disappointed me greatly, just like the rest of the world that has let us down."

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Mohammed
@mohammedzakria@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@aral Hello Aral, I was verified a week and two days ago, and every day I publish a post and tag you, but you keep ignoring me (I don't know what I did wrong). Every day you re-share for the same people (I don't know, maybe they are friends of yours from before). I haven't received any donations from the Mastodon app yet. It is true that the Bluesky app blocks our pages, but it is better than Mastodon because people there respond to us and share our posts, unlike here.

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Jef Verbeeck
@Jefverbeeck@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@aral Great example on how it actually is a huge risk to use one single platform for your digital life. And a great reminder I need to keep moving my stuff out of their ecosystem.

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Hendrik Pfaff 🇪🇺:verified:
@HendrikPfaff@ioc.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@aral I honestly feel bad for him and hope his account gets restored. However, this definitely serves as a cautionary tale for everyone solely dependent on #bigTech #MegaCorps...

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