> "One problem is that most Apple IDs are tied to an iCloud email address." Is this really true? I've had Apple IDs for pretty much as long as they've existed,

> "One problem is that most Apple IDs are tied to an iCloud email address." Is this really true? I've had Apple IDs for pretty much as long as they've existed, but I've never had an iCloud email. Any email address can be an Apple ID. (...in fact, early on, it didn't even have to be an email address. I still have one of those old-style Apple IDs.)