alt Hacker Newsactually you can skip most of these, but get reduced functionality in return. You can skip faceID/touchID, unlock code, appleID. You can’t skip terms, some customization options and, data collection and privacy settings.
In theory you can use iPhone and iPad without apple account - basically as dumb phone. But of course you won’t get AppStore access.
I think the point is that you can skip all those, but it's still 50 screens. There's no "skip all and go directly to my home screen" button.