Determined sites could already easily do this. Just detect the patterns used. I agree it's a useless change though.

heave_balks_0g@icloud.com

It shouldn't matter for the sign in with apple because sites are already expressly supporting that.

Email aliasing is hard because you want privacy from a herd of users, but then you're locked into that ecosystem versus a domain you control has no herd, but the upside is no lock-in.

▲ SXX 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Not all aliases it generated look like this, some look like these:

  viods01crew@icloud.com
  methyl.brick1h@icloud.com

In any case fact that some services banned alies is not the reason to make them completely useless instead of making them better.

Apple is one of few companies that ia able to push for this with market share.

▲ tehwebguy 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Determined sites could already easily do this

They already DO do it, I don't know how they're currently determining it

	▲	keane 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think the NYT might be one detecting them which is funny because their editorial staff have promoted the use of aliases.