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> because each one requires a working phone number to create This isn't true. I have an email-only apple account that works fine. My lock screen constantly car
by caeril 6y ago
> because each one requires a working phone number to create
This isn't true. I have an email-only apple account that works fine. My lock screen constantly carries a "Verify your phone number" badge that's rather annoying, but otherwise everything functions.
- amelius 6y agoSo... it works until it doesn't? What if you are traveling and Apple decides they really need your phone number this time, and locks you out of your stuff?
- oarsinsync 6y agoWhat if you are traveling and Apple decides they really need another identifier, and locks you out of your stuff?
- ValentineC 6y agoI believe they've started requiring phone numbers and some form of SMS two-factor authentication on new accounts. (I've gone through this recently when I created a new, separate account.)
- sneak 6y agoIt is true today. It wasn't in the past. You can't today make a new Apple ID without a phone number. (Please double check that your information is current before you claim something is false.)
- tatersolid 6y agoI made apple IDs for all three of my children without a phone number or pre-existing email address (their @icloud.com email was their first, created during setup).