{
  "id": 3140602,
  "title": "Apple Rethinks Plan to Merge ‘Hide My Email’ Domain Name With ‘Sign In With Apple’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/apple-rethinks-plan-to-merge-hide-my-email-domain-name-with-sign-in",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-24T23:33:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daring Fireball",
    "slug": "daring-fireball",
    "url": "https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=1ptvdtcm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Apple's plans to merge its \"Hide My Email\" domain with the \"Sign In With Apple\" service have been reconsidered following community feedback. Previously, new Sign in with Apple addresses were issued on privaterelay.appleid.com, while existing addresses remained on privaterelay.appleid.com. However, Apple has decided to keep Hide My Email addresses on icloud.com instead. The idea was to merge both systems onto the new private.icloud.com domain, but this caused issues as some websites prefer to block hidden email addresses and encourage users to use their real identities. It was suggested that there were strong internal objections to the merger, particularly from the Hide My Email side, and these concerns seem to have prevailed.",
  "summary": "Apple Developer News: Starting later this year, new Sign in with Apple addresses, previously issued on privaterelay.appleid.com , will be issued on private.icloud.com . Existing addresses on privaterelay.appleid.com will continue to work and forward mail to users without interruption. After further consideration and reviewing community feedback, iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MacRumors",
        "title": "Apple Won't Change Hide My Email Domain After Backlash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/apple-wont-change-hide-my-email-domain-after-backlash",
        "published": "2026-08-24T20:17:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "Apple reverses planned Hide My Email domain change after user pushback",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/apple-reverses-planned-hide-my-email-domain-change-after-user-pushback",
        "published": "2026-08-24T21:05:31.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}