Apple backtracks on Hide My Email domain shift after privacy backlash, keeps aliases on iCloud.com

Apple has reversed course on a planned change that would have moved iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses to a new domain shared with Sign in with Apple, citing community feedback. New Sign in with Apple private relay addresses will still switch domains later this year, but Hide My Email will stay on the familiar icloud.com domain that regular iCloud accounts use.
The original plan and the outcry
In mid-June 2026, Apple told developers it would unify the email domains for both features under a single