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> Macs, iPhones, and iPads will all let you complete the setup process without signing in, though you do have to know which buttons to click IME it's very diff
by politelemon 2y ago
> Macs, iPhones, and iPads will all let you complete the setup process without signing in, though you do have to know which buttons to click
IME it's very difficult, and for intents and purposes here from a user perspective, it is the exact same thing. Further we've found it's also impossible to create an account without handing over credit card details. Please call it what it is instead of wringing your hands - dark patterns.
- BigJono 2y agoThank you, the amount of people that defend this sort of stuff is insane. Quacks like a dark pattern to me. I just got done setting up my 3rd work Macbook in about 8 years and every single time the credit card thing gets me. Back and forth through the app store setup 4-5 times, about to finally cave and add a personal credit card into a work laptop because I can't figure out how the fuck to install something and my team is waiting for me to get setup, then on the 5th go round I finally figure out that the credit card ribbon has a "none" icon. They know full fucking well that every single person on the planet reads a ribbon of credit card icons as "visa, mastercard, blah blah blah blah". If that's not intentional I'll eat my fucking desk.