I thought Mac was a bad walled-garden, and M$ was being too pushy with the M$ account requirements, but the Chromebook won't even function without a Google acco

I thought Mac was a bad walled-garden, and M$ was being too pushy with the M$ account requirements, but the Chromebook won't even function without a Google account, and they are eager to retire them ASAP. I was burned once and would never do it again.