Post #3783161
2026-07-13 10:32 UTC
Load a website. Click "sign in".
"Continue with Email Address. You can sign in if you already have an account, or we will help you create one."
I enter the email address
"This email address is not available. You may already have an Apple Account associated with this address."
The fucking state of software today
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@baldur@toot.cafe 2026-07-13 10:46
(What's happening is that the sign in process only checks the primary email address not the accounts associated email addresses. So, instead of shunting you off into the sign in path it goes "this doesn't match a primary email address in the database" and throws you into the "create an account" flow. But the "create an account" flow DOES check against both primary and secondary email addresses. So, you run right into a roadblock with no explanation. In other words: amateur hour.)