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From: -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
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Subject: Re: Piece of shit iOS has absolutely zero privacy for God's sake
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 23:04:26 -0500
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On 11/24/24 7:01 PM, Andrew wrote:
> -hh wrote on Sat, 23 Nov 2024 08:52:13 -0500 :
> 
>>> What are the steps an ordinary consumer would have to take to avoid
>>> setting up Windows 11 without a Microsoft account?
>>
>> Yup, still waiting.
> 
> It's not surprising the Apple trolls know nothing about anything, ... 

No, I just don't really care enough about it to go look it up myself.

> but even
> so, since -hh hasn't acted like the rest of the ignorant trolls, note that
> this has been discussed & tested for a long time on the Windows 11 ng.
>   <https://www.novabbs.com/computers/thread.php?group=alt.comp.os.windows-10>

Please check your URL, because that link goes to a page with scores of 
subject lines:  kindly provide just the needle, not the entire haystack.

> What's funny about that is the Apple trolls only look at Apple marketing
> brochures to find all their information they think they know about stuff.
> 
>>>> For Android, there is also no requirement whatsoever for an account.
>>>>
>>>> Google has always allowed you to obtain software from the Google Play
>>>> Store WITHOUT setting up an account, and of course, anywhere else too.
>>>
>>> Cite please!
>>
>> Which needs to be reconcile against this, which says that you do:
>>
>> " A range of Google applications and services is available on your
>> device when you purchase it, for example, Gmail, Google Maps, YouTube,
>> and the Google Play application. To get the most out of these services,
>> you need a Google account."
>> <https://helpguide.sony.net/mobile/xperia-5/v1/en/contents/why-do-i-need-a-google-account.html>
> 
> Again (and again) it's no longer shocking the Apple trolls know absolutely
> nothing of everything they think they know anything about such as this.
> 
> Who is that stupid as to think you need a Google account on Android?
> I haven't had a Google account on Android for years and mine works fine.

Oh, so we're to believe your claim over a published guide?  Pass.

> The fact is setting up a Google account on Android is NOT needed to have
> full functionality (such as downloading & installing apps from the App
> Store). I do it all the time and I've been doing it for many years.

Substantiation:  a "Trust me, Bro!"  /s


> Note that adding a Microsoft account isn't needed on Windows either.
> 
> It's only Apple who murders your privacy.

Alan's already published instructions on how to set up an iPad without 
registering for an Apple account: where did you prove he was incorrect?

>> Plus of course the tracking integral to Google Chrome (see current
>> lawsuit) where it effectively doxxes its users without them consenting.
> 
> I don't have Google Chrome on my Android phone and it works just fine.
> I have *plenty* of web browsers - but none of them are Google Chrome.

Not really the point, which was that one can be identified by means 
other than a registration account.  It is known that Chrome has this, 
but how do you know that your non-Chrome browser isn't doing it too?



-hh