I'm not going to say to Paris: "Serves you right for trusting your entire digital life and usage rights to all your phones and Macs to an evil corporation that could cut you off in an instant!" The way the world was, many millions or billions of people have been pushed onto evil corporate platforms for various social and pragmatic reasons., "Gotta join Facebook to talk to Grandma, gotta have Adobe subscription for my job, gotta have Google Workspace for my employer," and so on and so forth. And those of us who remember the 20th century well, we remember a time when a company would help a customer who has spent tens of thousands of dollars over 20-30 years restore their services. Can't lose such a valuable customer! And consumer protection laws! But as capitalism advances, it gets worse and worse. 20th century capitalism at least made companies have to please their customers. But the money and power has been hoarded so much now that customers only matter to small businesses that make less than $10 million per year. A multi-trillion dollar publicly traded corporation like Apple answers only to its shareholders. And consumer protection laws? 😂 Even if they're on the books, they don't get enforced anymore. Capitalism was always evil, even when it seemed like it worked in the 20th century. As an elder Millennial, I have had to learn that the world of late stage capitalism in the 21st century is a hostile one where every single corporation and every single politician (no exceptions for parties) is deeply evil. And the laws only protect the wealthy. I'm a cybersecurity specialist, and because I hate corporate bullshit like Gen AI, I am learning to trust no corporation with my data, I'm learning to get as much Big Tech as I can out of my life. But as a naïve young adult with a 90s childhood, I was eager to join Facebook in 2006, and so on. I'm no better than Paris. But now I am gradually going all FOSS and Fediverse as much as I can. My new book is coming out in a week or two. Comment or email if you want to preorder copy. I will give you a retail link when it's out. About $9 for the eBook. (I could use the money.) https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/