pastermil@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThe amount of mental gymnastics to come up with (and justify) this is insanesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square211fedilinkarrow-up1621arrow-down145file-text
arrow-up1576arrow-down1imageThe amount of mental gymnastics to come up with (and justify) this is insanesh.itjust.workspastermil@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square211fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehemmes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·2 months agoYou actually don’t need to setup an Apple ID to startup a Mac.
minus-squareThunderComplex@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months 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-up3·2 months 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-down4·2 months agoMaybe the idiot meant iOS?
minus-squareKevlar21@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 months 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-up7·2 months agoYou don’t need an Apple ID to setup an iPhone either.
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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?)