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What's missing from iOS and Android if you don't use cloud accounts? > Windows does not force you to use the online account to access all the features of your
by vladvasiliu 2y ago
What's missing from iOS and Android if you don't use cloud accounts?
> Windows does not force you to use the online account to access all the features of your computer
With current Windows (11 23h2) you have to know the correct incantation to be able to create a local-only account. Is it technically possible to not have a cloud account? I suppose it still is, just the same as you can technically install it on an older CPU with no TPM. Is it something Joe RandomUser will be able to figure out on his own? I doubt it. So in Windows-land, the situation is much closer to "you can't use your pc at all without a cloud account".
- pohuing 2y agoThe store and along with that apps? Windows is far more lenient there, it's a flag in Rufus and you're good. Meanwhile your iPhone becomes a dumb phone if you don't want to make an iCloud account. Android of course also just let's you install apks.
- vladvasiliu 2y ago> your iPhone becomes a dumb phone if you don't want to make an iCloud account. Fair enough. I wonder if this has changed with the new EU regulations, at least inside the EU.