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). ❤️
Update 14 December 2025: Someone from Executive Relations at Apple says they’re looking into it.
Lest Android users (like myself) think we’re immune, Google has been known to nuke accounts too, leading to a similar outcome.
I’ve been trying my best to get out of a “one account for all” mentality - photo backups are probably the #1 problem for me right now.
I’ve got the local storage, but I’m not sure about exposing immich to the Internet for photos access when I’m not at home.
If you’re not above paying I’ve seen good things about Ente. They have a free account with a pretty small limit to try it out.