What is the point of that? I recently upgraded my phone and I didn't have this happen before?
What's annoying for me is I use a very strong password, which is stored in my password safe, which isn't compatible with this prompt, so I basically just stopped buying things from the App store, problem solved?
As far as I know, it's always been a requirement, though after entering once, you can install more apps without entering a password for a temporary period. It's a good idea, too, since your AppleID is tied to your debit card or credit card, so if someone got a hold of your unlocked iDevice, if the AppleID password wasn't required, they could install as many apps as your debit card or credit card will allow. That's no good. Getting a refund for an AppStore App is near impossible.
You can disable the requirement for a password for free apps via the Settings > (your name) > Media & Purchases > Password Settings menu.
Don't know what you're talking about -- I've done it several times when an app turned out not to work or not have a feature I needed. The refund was processed every time.
Obviously if you needed to refund 100 apps in a week you'd probably have an issue, but normal occasional refunds seem to present no problem whatsoever.
Apple's response was to lock me out of the app store entirely. They'd never let me use that credit card again for anything Apple related.
Generally speaking, expect to not be able to use the card if not the whole account when you charge back. It's intended to be a last resort option.
It sucks because sometimes the company is wrong and the customer is right, and a chargeback is the only way for the customer to win. But from the company’s perspective those are a small minority of cases; most chargebacks are abusive customers trying to get something for nothing, and it’s best just to cut them off.
Imagine you had a small dispute at a local bar, maybe they gave you $10 less in change than they should. And you see the till open on your way out, and there’s only a $100 bill in it. We can debate the morality of taking it, but I don’t think anyone would expect to be welcomed back after taking it.
Authy get it, they prompt you to enter your backup password, just to check you know it, but you can skip so it doesn't get in your way when you're in a hurry.
I have one bank that never re-prompts for their passcode, and I've been locked out of the app since I got a new phone and put the wrong code in; because they name everything differently from all the other banks too. N.B. I can see the same accounts via my business login and phoning them is pain, so...
I have an account with an Italian bank that is also one of the biggest European banks, when I switched phone they asked me for (iirc) 3 different codes plus an additional sms otp, after that they first disconnected my old phone from the account and then they asked for my debit card PIN which I didn't remember because my card was replaced less than a month ago. I was then locked out from my account and I still didn't manage to get back in. To be fair I didn't even try to call their customer support, I just drained the account using Apple Pay which luckily was still working.
Revealing a card PIN to anything other than ATM/POS hardware seems fundamentally wrong too.
My password is long, unlocking with another Apple device usually means finding my iPad somewhere in the house (the only device I have on my person is an Android phone - Apple don't seem to consider this case).
End result - it's too much bother usually.
Hence, even free, apps are associated with an account in a particular region. Also, it’d be easy to ruin someone’s life by downloading a free app like Tinder or Grinder to their phone.
Maybe I'm being unnecessarily stubborn, but I don't with to sign in with Apple ID on it.
I don't think Chrome would be region locked.
> Also, it’d be easy to ruin someone’s life by downloading
That could be restricted by requiring the user sign in with their device unlock credentials. I don't see how requiring the device be associated with online Apple ID helps protect you. After all, if someone malicious got their hands on the phone and wished to install something contraversial they could create and sign into a throw away Apple ID.
I've never looked into how you reskin a web engine, but I think there must be enough settings and hooks that not everything works exactly the same between iOS web browsers.
Yes, they could probably create a throwaway account (I don't think you need a credit card to "purchase" free apps) but it's a barrier to entry that is likely too high for a lot of kids at the age of having a managed cell phone.