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US DOJ investigating antitrust complaints regarding the ‘Sign in with Apple’ button - 9to5Mac

US DOJ investigating antitrust complaints regarding the ‘Sign in with Apple’ button - 9to5Mac

US DOJ investigating antitrust complaints regarding the ‘Sign in with Apple’ button - 9to5Mac
Feb 23, 2021 1 min, 0 secs

Department of Justice is looking into the fact that Apple forces developers to adopt the “Sign in with Apple” button if the app has other third-party login methods.

As reported by The Information, investigators want to know if the “Sign in with Apple” button makes it harder for users to migrate to another platform, such as Android or Windows.

Sources for the report said that some developers began filing complaints about the sign-in button with US investigators last summer.

However, while using “Sign in with Apple” in iOS and Mac apps is somewhat optional for developers, Apple forces them to use its own solution if the app already offers login through Facebook, Google, or other services.

Representatives of two iPhone app developers that complained to DOJ investigators about Apple’s requirements told The Information that after Apple made its sign-in button mandatory, they removed all sign-in buttons from their app because they didn’t want to include Apple’s and potentially lose out on gaining information about their customers.

These developers told investigators that the Apple button cuts them off from their users and claimed that it was another method the company uses to entrench its control over its mobile devices.

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