XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Arno Welzel  wrote:   
   [...]   
      
   > Of course - but this is not the point! You *require* a Google account   
   > for many apps, so it is completely pointless if Android itself does not   
   > need this to be used at all.   
      
     I know what you mean (see your quoted text below), but to be fair,   
   only can use quite a lot of apps - including several Google apps -   
   without a Google account. Considering the absurdity of this   
   non-discussion, I can't be bothered to check all my apps, but I'm hard   
   pressed to think of one or more of my apps which requires a Google   
   account.   
      
     Of course, I'm not so silly as to try to get all my apps from   
   non-Google app 'stores', so yes, I do have and use a Google account. But   
   my point is that I *could* do without one and the large majority of my   
   apps would be fully functional and even the Google apps (Chrome, Maps,   
   YouTube (,Google?) would be mostly functional.   
      
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