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Tell HN: Apple will subscribe you to AppleTV+ without telling you where from

3 pointsby devchixover 1 year ago
TLDR: Apple will treat a purchase request from a device they don&#x27;t recognized as yours, as valid.<p>This morning I received 2 emails from Apple, one to tell me I have subscribed to AppleTV+, the other to tell me:<p>&quot;Your Apple ID, &lt;me&gt;, was just used to purchased AppleTV+ on a computer or device that had not previously been used. ...&quot;<p>I have not done this, in fact I have avoided all these come-ons like the plague. I logged in to AppleID, checked all my devices and my digital footprint, all looks OK, I changed my password, checked AppleTV+ and sure enough I have the ability to stream.<p>I called Apple and asked their tech support if they can tell me what is this &quot;device that had not previously been used&quot;. Apple should know what it is because &quot;not-X&quot; is an identifier. The support guy says he is unable to tell me.<p>I hope this is a bug, which is the most benign explanation, and not a smarmy way to drive up the subscribers number. There&#x27;s no money involved so no real harm done, I&#x27;ll cancel it. Any more of this, from any company, I feel should be a class action lawsuit. If there&#x27;s a transaction, the seller should be able to present a recognizable and attributable record of it.

1 comment

stop50over 1 year ago
I would change the password of the account first