Would you prefer logging in to my (web) app using Apple ID as opposed to Google?
I am writing the login system for my app. I will have plain simple email login and Google login (possibly also Facebook). I was checking now out also Apple ID. In technical terms, the implementation I'd need to do is almost identical as for Google, so it wouldn't be a great effort to implement it, I'm just thinking in terms of having one extra thing in the code base and if it would be a relevant feature.
If you would see the Apple and Google buttons next to each other, would you go for the Apple one?
I'm also thinking in pragmatic terms here: the user's bound to have either one or the other (they're either using iphones or an android devices, there's not much in between) and it seems they are the only two options that make sense in terms of social logins.
Personally I'd click the Apple Login button over Google any day. Just the fact that Apple Login lets you give a fake "relay" email to the third party which you can disable at anytime would be enough. Also google's main business is selling your data to advertisers and Apples isn't, which makes a big difference in my head.
Maybe this helps. My app (www.hevyapp.com) doesn't offer google sign up, only email, facebook and apple. Here is a graph that shows which signup method users chose in the last 7 days.
https://ibb.co/D8NZSfK
In the case of my app, which admittedly might not transfer to web users let alone to your product. But for me at least, it's clear to see people will choose Apple Sign-in if given the option.
I second @CodeOfTheProgrammer. I don't own Apple products.
That being said, I am infosec paranoid so am generally hesitant to give out access to my Google account (that's how Cambridge Analytica got Facebook data). Given the option I opt for email login before Google account and if account is the only option I seriously consider the value of the product.
Hope that helps,
I would go for the Google login because I don't own any Apple products. The important question I think you need to ask yourself is "do my customers own Apple products"? IndieHacker users like myself may not be a good representation of your expected users. ;)
I typically avoid signing up with either. Signing up to services need not mean giving away your privacy to companies.
You can use either AppleID's "hide my email" service or a burner email service like steamrant.com (full disclosure my own app). The second you give out your email companies can start using your data to run ads or "enrich" your data via Clearbit.
I'm the converse of @CodeOfTheProgrammer and @Lakebed_io — I have Apple products but avoid Google for privacy reasons. That said, I generally prefer logging in via email. I'd also second @richardindie's point about selection bias by asking the IH crowd.
More people have Google accounts than Apple accounts, so use Google. Personally I have neither for privacy reasons, but that is unusual, don't take that into consideration unless you have a very 'techy' audience.
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