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The amount of mental gymnastics to come up with (and justify) this is insane (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 days ago by pastermil@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.world
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Note: the MacOS part is false

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[–] BaroqueInMind@piefed.social -3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Maybe the idiot meant iOS?

[–] Kevlar21@piefed.social 17 points 3 days ago

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

[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You don’t need an Apple ID to setup an iPhone either.

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

You do need the Apple ID to download any apps though (maybe not in the EU these days?)