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On 05/09/2024 15:26, Andrew wrote:
> David Brooks wrote on Thu, 5 Sep 2024 14:04:10 +0100 :
> 
>> Btw, things might improve if you got yourself an iPhone!
> 
> Heh heh heh... I have plenty of iPhones. Probably more than you do.
> And I have plenty of iPads. Plus plenty of Androids. And PCs too.
> 
> Remember.... I use these devices to test the *truth* about products.
> 
> Which is why I set up the new iPads first, without an Apple ID.
> Which was to *test* the *truth* about how it works without an Apple ID.
> Which - let's be frank - is an iPad is worthless without an Apple ID.
> 
> Which proves the point that Apple designed iOS as a dumb terminal.
> Devoid of even the most basic of functionality without logging into Apple.
> 
> Having proved that fact, I decided to add an Apple ID to that new iPad.
> That's when I found out you *must* add 2FA (since Feb2023).
> 
> Only Apple forces you to murder your privacy.
> Nobody else does. Only Apple.
> 
> Moving forward, since the iPad is a dumb terminal, I added a new Apple ID.
> My daily drive is an Android phone. So that's the phone number I used.
> 
> Sure, it worked.
> But now I have to have Android with me just to log into my Apple device.
> 
> That's absurd.
> Only Apple could come up with such a ridiculously absurd policy.
> 
> Because most Apple customers are ignorant sheep the policy will remain.
> Apple customers will put up with anything - they're all ignorant sheep.
> 
> The fact is Apple murdered privacy.
> And, for me, I have to carry two devices just to log into the Apple one.

You might well have stumbled onto something amiss.

I'll review what you say. Thanks.