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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: -hh Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.ipad,comp.sys.mac.advocacy Subject: Re: Piece of shit iOS has absolutely zero privacy for God's sake Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 23:04:26 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 73 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 05:04:27 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="95f4a0c6da0c315995aeb7d2bff621f9"; logging-data="2758141"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+rBBViYnveh5rBTZ1bGLzeFGNWCT6sDBA=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZyGoFpGq6UN7zQvJ2fQxEgaj4eo= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 4629 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. > 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." >> > > 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