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Hm don’t you need to sign in on android for google play services to work? Which is necessary for a tonne of stuff

• vezycash 7y ago
  If you don't use the play store or apps that rely on play services. It should work fine. My issue with MS's forced use of online account is that there's zero merit for doing so. I don't use the store or any store app. I don't use OneDrive, nor need to sync settings, word, app states... It doesn't make my device more secure. Instead created more attack surface for my devices. All devices connected to one account can are owned once someone takes over my email. But I do like using PIN instead of passwords. There's no valid technical reason why offline accounts can't use PIN but it is what it is. So, so I end up signing in. For Windows phone, it made sense to save my phone contacts online, and to use find my phone. Once Cortana got into the picture though they started messing up with stuff that worked fine to force Cortana on me. So stuff like quiet mode no longer worked without Cortana. And no longer worked offline. If there are clear Advantages to users more people will use Microsoft account.