alt Hacker News> Windows11 making it hard to create a local account is a separate topic.
Hard is a generous take. They litterally removed their offline phone mode.
> You don't need apple account if you are fine with not using half the features listed in the marketing page for apple hardware.
Can you name the hardware features? Because Apple take the approach of opt-in in my experience. And don't get me wrong.. I'm adamantly pro choice.
Features are one thing. Getting installed without an account is another thing. Imagine now you buy a laptopwith windows, you can activate it until you connect to the internet.
Apple, buy a notebook. Install the os. Nice airgapped system to test with.
Added software is another story. You're conflating the two I feel.
> You don't need apple account if you are fine with not using half the features listed in the marketing page
I want an OS I paid for. Why should I connect to your CNC?
> They litterally removed their offline phone mode.
https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/s/ifseb3L17G
> buy a notebook. Install the os. Nice airgapped system to test with.
Whereas Microsoft provides testing images, so you don't need to kill the planet just to test if a link really looks blue.
Why are you trying so hard to apologise for one of the worst corporations in the world? They are all bad and they all want the same things from you (money and personal data); they just go about it in slightly different ways.