iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com
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Apple will keep iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses on icloud.com, reversing a planned domain change.
Apple announced that new Sign in with Apple addresses previously issued on privaterelay.appleid.com will now be issued on private.icloud.com. Existing addresses on the old domain will continue to work. After community feedback, iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com. Developers should update their account systems to accept addresses on private.icloud.com in addition to privaterelay.appleid.com.
What commenters are saying
Commenters overwhelmingly applauded Apple's reversal, saying the original plan to move Hide My Email to a separate domain would have allowed websites to trivially block them, undermining privacy. Several users speculated the switch was intended to fix internal bugs that could reveal real addresses, possibly related to a known vulnerability. Some expressed concern about a trend of Apple listening to community feedback after initially making obviously bad decisions.