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An Apple fan says they lost '20 years of digital life' after using an Apple gift card
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this post was submitted on 15 Dec 2025
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Even if they get back and correct all this, I hope the author learns a lesson and begins exporting his digital footprint to other services.
Uh … yeah, it’s his livelihood. He writes books on programming with Apple machines. Of course he’s still going to do the things he’s been doing his whole life.
You don't need to host your "digital life" with Apple for that. Nor do you need to host it in a single place either.
of course ..
Yeah - this really confused me. Why did they make a second update on the 14th when the first update said they’d hear back on the 15th?
He's in Australia. It was already the 15th there when he posted that, but the person you're responding to isn't in Australia and the blog they copied and pasted from probably compensated for time zones.
Edit: Or it's a typo from a stressed and frantic person.