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>macOS doesn't require this Technically true but I tried using a mac without creating an Apple ID and gave up. You can't access the store without it so you are
by bragr 10mo ago
>macOS doesn't require this
Technically true but I tried using a mac without creating an Apple ID and gave up. You can't access the store without it so you are locked out of Mac apps that aren't installed by default, and all apps that only distribute through the store now.
- treesknees 10mo agoPerhaps that's not a loss, because why would you want to depend on apps that you essentially need an Apple account to use? I've had great luck with finding apps with Homebrew.
- bragr 10mo agoWell I just stopped using a Mac. It's not worth jumping through hoops.
- hamdingers 10mo agoI've used macbooks for 15 years and have never felt the need to create an Apple ID. Maybe I've just been lucky but I have never even encountered a piece of software that didn't offer a direct download or brew installation.
- IndianShitbombs 10mo agoAnd even if, there are torrents and sites. Same for Steam games. Fuck the cloud.
- throwaway290 10mo agoXcode.
- worik 10mo agoDevelopment on Apple hardware generally
- throwaway290 10mo agoYou only need Apple ID to get Xcode though, everything else is available without
- nullfield 10mo agoYou don’t need the App Store to install most apps, and can just download .dmg or even .zip files with them; I feel like only a handful of developers go full-App Store-only (with good reason; it not only imposes extra restrictions on certain functionality but also takes a big cut of your sale).