pastermil@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoThe amount of mental gymnastics to come up with (and justify) this is insanesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square210fedilinkarrow-up1615arrow-down144file-text
arrow-up1571arrow-down1imageThe amount of mental gymnastics to come up with (and justify) this is insanesh.itjust.workspastermil@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square210fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehemmes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·6 days agoYou actually don’t need to setup an Apple ID to startup a Mac.
minus-squareThunderComplex@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoYep, kinda funny how even Apple is more lenient in this way. The only downside is that you can’t install stuff from the App Store but that’s basically a non issue.
minus-squarehemmes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoYeah, for a Mac you can generally install anything you need from the devs website. iPhone not so much, but you don’t need an ID for that either, technically.
minus-squareBaroqueInMind@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·5 days agoMaybe the idiot meant iOS?
minus-squareKevlar21@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·5 days agoThey don’t make it very obvious but you can skip Apple ID sign-in during the iOS setup assistant too (unless they changed that in iOS 26) Source: worked Apple support for years until recently
minus-squarehemmes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoYou don’t need an Apple ID to setup an iPhone either.
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoYou do need the Apple ID to download any apps though (maybe not in the EU these days?)
You actually don’t need to setup an Apple ID to startup a Mac.
Yep, kinda funny how even Apple is more lenient in this way. The only downside is that you can’t install stuff from the App Store but that’s basically a non issue.
Yeah, for a Mac you can generally install anything you need from the devs website.
iPhone not so much, but you don’t need an ID for that either, technically.
Maybe the idiot meant iOS?
They don’t make it very obvious but you can skip Apple ID sign-in during the iOS setup assistant too (unless they changed that in iOS 26)
Source: worked Apple support for years until recently
You don’t need an Apple ID to setup an iPhone either.
You do need the Apple ID to download any apps though (maybe not in the EU these days?)