Why can't I use my iCloud email address as my Apple ID

So the issue is that apple requires you to maintain an email account elsewhere for their Apple ID account and email service. Most people aren't interested in maintaining two separate email accounts. Furthermore, it weakens the security because now you have two places to get hacked instead of one. Apple is alone in doing it this way. With the recent nude celebrity fiasco, you would think that apple would want to tighten up their security wherever they could but they don't seem interested.

I find it very ridiculous that I can't use my icloud email address as my primary email address for Apple correspondence. Instead I have to maintain an unused email address (gmail), and have it forward emails to my icloud account. I have changed all my email address with businesses and friends/family to my iCloud email address, yet Apple refuses to let me use iCloud as a primary email correspondence with them. Why can't they fix this limitation on their side ?

I have everyone sending to my iCloud email address. The issue is that Apple refuses to allow you to setup an iCloud email address for a primary corespondence with Apple. The primary email address that is associated with your Apple ID cannot be a iCloud email address. That means any correspondence I have with Apple, including purchases, have to go to a different, non-Apple (and unused) email adresss. Very ridiculous!

I see what you are saying. Don't know if this helps at all, but if I go to iCloud.com, and sign on with my iCloud.com ID, I can see all of the mail that goes to my Primary email address there - even Apple correspondence. My primary email address is an @me.com address, so don't know if the experience would be the same for you. But I do agree that there should be a way to indicate that you want all correspondence to go to your @iCloud.com address (or any other Alternate email address) if you choose to have that done. Not sure why it doesn't allow that....

Cheers,

GB

Re the general comment that "I can't use my icloud email address as my primary email address".

It's not my intention to unnecessarily bump my earlier comment. It was either: a) ignored which is fine if b) it didn't address the issue.

But I found a way to make your Apple ID the same as your iCloud email address. As I said before, it may be too radical for some, but it worked.

First, I had created CDs of my iTunes purchases while logged under my old account.

Then I reset my iPhone and as a step in the "set up as a new phone" created a new iCloud address and apple ID using the new iCloud address.

I then created a new iTunes account using the new iCloud addressed apple ID.

Now my email, Apple ID and iTunes account all use the iCloud address.

The email address you use as your Apple ID is simply a login string, it doesn't matter whether it works as an email address or not (after you open the account) if you want to use the iCloud address as your 'Primary' address nothing stops you except your belief that you can't.

Now tell me why you think that you can't do what thousands have done.

But I do agree that there should be a way to indicate that you want all correspondence to go to your @iCloud.com address (or any other Alternate email address) if you choose to have that done. Not sure why it doesn't allow that....

So, you have an iCloud account with a non Apple address as the ID. Lets say it is a Gmail account.

How would telling Apple that you want your emails to go to iCloud instead of Gmail actually work? Can Apple redirect emails from all the people who use other providers? will Google allow another company access to their emal system. I very much doubt it. Google can redirect Gmail, Apple can't.

This is a storm in a teacup, the OP already has an iCloud address, and an alternate (in case the iCloud one is off line for any reason). The choice of which to use is a personal one.

Csound1 wrote:

The email address you use as your Apple ID is simply a login string, it doesn't matter whether it works as an email address or not (after you open the account) if you want to use the iCloud address as your 'Primary' address nothing stops you except your belief that you can't.

Now tell me why you think that you can't do what thousands have done.

Sorry, but you are not understanding the issue. I am talking about the primary email address that Apple uses to send you emails about your purchases from the Apple store or any other correspondence you have with Apple. That email address Apple uses for you can only be changed at "https://appleid.apple.com/ ". On the website, it says you cannot change you Apple ID (which is also used as your primary email address for Apple correspondence) to an iCloud email address. It has to be a 3rd party email address. And if you read through this thread, nobody else has been able to change it to a icloud email address either. There are numerous discussions of this issue on the Internet. This is just silly that you can't use an iCloud email address for your primary email address for correspondence with Apple !!!! Apple needs to fix this silly issue!!

Csound1 wrote:

Why tell me", I cannot change what you perceive. I already gave you the link to tell Apple, they can do something, I can't.

Of course you can't do anything about it. This is an Apple issue. I already gave feedback to Apple, as has numerous others. It's falling on deaf ears. Maybe bringing notice of this issue on this forum will cause alert other ears at Apple, or cause others to provide feedback to Apple, and finally get this issue fixed. That's one of the reasons of these forums.

Csound1 wrote:

Why tell me?, I cannot change what you perceive. I already gave you the link to tell Apple, they can do something, I can't.

So basically, you come into this thread to tell people they're wrong. When it's pointed out that they aren't wrong and you are your response is to ask them why they're telling you that. Well just maybe it's because you incorrectly told them they're wrong.

I'm not even sure why you're in this thread. Beginning to suspect you're a troll.

Like I said, your perception will guide your actions but FYI, this is a user manned tech support forum, Apple don't read it and have kindly provided a mechanism for informing them directly.

I don't see a problem at all so this issue may not be as clearcut as you see it. But it's a free world, we can differ.

Good luck.

Sorry YOU don't see a problem with this issue. But when I make a purchase at Apple, and they send me an email confirming my purchase, they should be using my current email address...which is an iCloud email address. Instead Apple sends a purchase confirmation to my old gmail address. You cannot change that correspondence address to a icloud address. Just plan silly!!!

And of course Apple does not officially provide support on these forums. But you are naive if you think people at Apple do not monitor these forums. Plus this will hopefully bring attention to this issue, so more of their customers will provide feedback to Apple.

Ski22 wrote:

Sorry YOU don't see a problem with this issue.

What are you sorry about, I disagree with you, is that your issue?

they should be using my current email address...which is an iCloud email address.

Tell Apple what you think they should do, I am not interested but they may be.

Good luck.

Csound1 wrote:

Tell Apple what you think they should do, I am not interested but they may be.

You say you're not interested, yet somehow you're still here posting in this thread for no apparent reason.

Csound1 wrote:

Tell Apple what you think they should do, I am not interested but they may be.

I already told Apple what they should do. If you are not interested in this issue, why do you keep responding...stating it's not issue for you. For many others....as shown in this thread and many other threads...it is an issue.