XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.apps   
   XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.privacy   
   From: BDB@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   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.   
      
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