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   From: andrew@spam.net   
      
   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.   
      
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