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Creating an account with Apple ID can be unsettling
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Description
This issue has been migrated from [#12592](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/issues/12592).
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Moved from https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/19222
### Description
### Your use case
#### What would you like to do?
I want account creation UI to be clearer.
#### Why would you like to do it?
I would be more likely to create a Matrix account to communicate with family and friends, or get involved in the online communities I follow.
#### How would you like to achieve it?
I would like to have more explicit and detailed information in the different views regarding:
* what is expected from me
* what access element has to my Apple account
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# What happened during the registration
When trying to register on matrix.org, after logging in with my Apple ID, I'm presented a screen asking me to type in a username. I don't know what username it wants and what it will be used for: my Apple ID one? The one I want on Matrix.org?
It would be easier for me to understand what it expects if it told me "Enter the username you would like to use as a MatrixID. This username cannot be changed later and will serve to identify you".

After clicking on `Continue` it tells me staging.element.io is going to get access to my account. Will it be able to access to my Apple account? It's a sensitive account, will staging.element.io use my bank details to buy things?
It would be less frightening for me if I understood what staging.element.io can do with my account. To help me, the page could display a list of things it can do with my account.

### Have you considered any alternatives?
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### Additional context
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