They could move the activation into an on-device app that launches on first boot before proceeding to the home screen. In any case there currently exist hacks f

They could move the activation into an on-device app that launches on first boot before proceeding to the home screen. In any case there currently exist hacks for activating your iDevice from a Linux (!) box [1], so it clearly works without a credit card, additional restrictions imposed by iTunes itself notwithstanding. [1] https://github.com/posixninja/ideviceactivate https://github.com/posixninja/ideviceactivate