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Apple Rethinks Plan to Merge ‘Hide My Email’ Domain Name With ‘Sign In With Apple’

New Sign in with Apple addresses will soon be issued on private.icloud.com. Existing addresses on privaterelay.appleid.com will continue to function seamlessly. Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com. This decision comes after Apple initially planned to merge both services onto the private.icloud.com domain. The change for Hide My Email was met with objections. Users often employ Hide My Email addresses on sites that might try to block them. The ability to use a less distinguishable domain for Hide My Email is seen as important by some users. Internal objections from the Hide My Email team reportedly played a significant role. Apple has decided to maintain separate domains for Sign in with Apple and Hide My Email. This aims to address user concerns and preferences.