I'm on Monterey with a local account and have never signed into iCloud, although I'm signed into the app store with an Apple Id. I just checked in Preference a

I'm on Monterey with a local account and have never signed into iCloud, although I'm signed into the app store with an Apple Id. I just checked in Preference and under Apple Id it shows: iCloud -not signed in- Media & Purchases -email_of_apple_id_account- (also it nags you with a persistant notification on the Apple Id icon in Preferences root, and a "start using iCloud" link too, but for now I can vaguely tolerate that)