pastermil@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 天前The amount of mental gymnastics to come up with (and justify) this is insanesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square213linkfedilinkarrow-up1622file-text
arrow-up1622imageThe amount of mental gymnastics to come up with (and justify) this is insanesh.itjust.workspastermil@sh.itjust.works to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 天前message-square213linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehemmes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·15 天前You actually don’t need to setup an Apple ID to startup a Mac.
minus-squareThunderComplex@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 天前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.
minus-squarehemmes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 天前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.
minus-squareKevlar21@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·15 天前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
minus-squarehemmes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·15 天前You don’t need an Apple ID to setup an iPhone either.
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 天前You 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?)